rounding

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
verb wind around; move along a circular course
verb make round

By surface analysis, round + -ing.

But they may take some rounding." — Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters, A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
The Northumberland had experienced a terrible rounding of the Horn. — The Blue Lagoon: A Romance, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
That is what Sir Arthur Vaudrey considered an artistic rounding off of the story." — The secret of Father Brown, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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