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say it: ROWN-ding
rounding is a noun meaning "(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals". It is pronounced /ˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ — ROWN-ding. It carries one recorded sense.
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
“the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding”
“taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small”
mathematics
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for rounding come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.