technical error
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftechnicalanderror
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technical
adjective
uk/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/us/ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/
relating to the knowledge, machines, or methods used in science ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈer.ər/us/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition oftechnicalanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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With such a replication, we are able to partition the residual error into biological error (between individuals) andtechnicalerror(within individuals).
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The former complication was due to repeated femoral arterial puncture and not attributable to directtechnicalerrorduring implantation.
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The same held for responses from trials in which atechnicalerrorhad occurred.
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There were two operative deaths, one representing a cleartechnicalerrorwith inadvertent ligation of an ascending vertical vein draining both lungs.
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Atrophy and blood flow data are reported only for 58 subjects due to atechnicalerrorin the scanning procedure.
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Three of the 35 preschool children were omitted from the analyses due totechnicalerror(no audio recording was made for these subjects during the videotaping of their sessions).
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The figures were revised because of atechnicalerrorin the original formula used to calculate the figures.
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Here again, we have fallen into gravetechnicalerror.
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I think we are in danger of making too much of what is a very minor andtechnicalerror.
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We have simply to rectify a purelytechnicalerrorthat has been made.
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We had to read it several times before it became apparent that it was only a clerical ortechnicalerror.
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The reason is solely atechnicalerrorby the reporter, for which the individual concerned has accepted full responsibility.
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Does that mean we will have the privilege of unlimited use of time this afternoon, or is there atechnicalerror?
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They should be in addition to the existing budget remarks but, due to atechnicalerror, they are shown as replacing them.
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There was a genuine,technicalerrorby the services.
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There has been, in discreet terms, atechnicalerror, actually some sort of tampering, and, indeed, this is something that must not happen again.
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I do not believe that it would be right to abandon that reform simply because of atechnicalerror, unfortunate though that error may be.
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Atechnicalerrorwas made by the group.
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I now turn to thetechnicalerrorwhich was made in the original order.
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