loss of significance (Q428919)
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An undesirable effect in calculations using floating-point arithmetic that occurs when an operation on two numbers increases relative error substantially more than it increases absolute error
- Loss of significance
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | loss of significance |
An undesirable effect in calculations using floating-point arithmetic that occurs when an operation on two numbers increases relative error substantially more than it increases absolute error |
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Wikipedia(6 entries)
- enwiki Loss of significance
- itwiki Cancellazione numerica
- plwiki Utrata cyfr znaczących
- ptwiki Perda de significância
- srwiki Губитак значаја
- svwiki Noggrannhetsförlust