Associations to the word «Rounding»

Wiktionary

ROUNDING, adjective. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
ROUNDING, noun. The act of rounding a mathematical value.
ROUNDING, noun. The numerical value obtained by this process.
ROUNDING, noun. The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
ROUNDING, verb. Present participle of round
ROUNDING DOWN, verb. Present participle of round down
ROUNDING OFF, verb. Present participle of round off
ROUNDING OUT, verb. Present participle of round out
ROUNDING UP, verb. Present participle of round up

Dictionary definition

ROUNDING, noun. (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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope