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Rounding is almost unavoidable in many computations — especially when dividing two numbers in integer or fixed-point arithmetic ; when computing mathematical functions such as square roots, logarithms, and sines ; or when using a floating point representation with a fixed number of significant digits.
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Rounding of rock fragments less common in the mesothermal regime, as the formational event is brief.
Rounding out an American steak dinner is some sort of bread, usually a dinner roll.
Rounding a numerical value means replacing it by another value that is approximately equal but has a shorter, simpler, or more explicit representation ; for example, replacing $ 23. 4476 with $ 23. 45, or the fraction 312 / 937 with 1 / 3, or the expression √ 2 with 1. 414.
Rounding is often done on purpose to obtain a value that is easier to write and handle than the original.
Rounding out his subject matter, he painted a few nudes, most notably Nude on a Couch ( 1882 ), which, though provocative in its realism, is ambivalent in its mood — neither overtly erotic nor suggestive of mythology — themes common to many female nude paintings of that era.
Rounding down is equivalent to using the d ' Hondt method, while rounding to the nearest whole number is equivalent to the Sainte-Laguë method.
Rounding to significant figures is a more general-purpose technique than rounding to n decimal places, since it handles numbers of different scales in a uniform way.
Whether Catherine and Potemkin married is " almost certain ", writes Simon Sebag Montefiore ; biographer of Catherine, Virginia Rounding, is more doubtful.
* Rounding errors ( 12: 27: 34 is not the same as 12: 30 ) Although Federal law in the USA requires that if employers round up when you clock in, they must round up when you clock out.
Rounding out the characters is the store's one steady customer, Harold March ( Christopher Lloyd ), a preeminent, but retired, rocket scientist.
Rounding out the heroes is Yae, a fierce sword-wielding kunoichi, who happens upon Goemon's band in Zazen Town.
: Rounding off the team is Dr Anna Shoun, a 29 year old general physician from Japan.
Dynamic Rounding-Dynamic Rounding is a technique devised by Quantel for truncating the word length of pixels – a process you can't avoid when you are processing images.
The Applesoft BASIC Reference Manual includes a section entitled " Rounding can be Curious ", in which it is documented that the ROUND function, which rounds a number to a prescribed accuracy, is not monotonic: in other words, for some x and y, such that x < y, ROUND ( x )> ROUND ( y ).
: Rounding off the crew is young Yazumi, the communications and computer expert who goes out into the field even less than Captain Iruma.
Rounding out the principal cast is Major Toby Smith-Barton ( Richard Vernon ), an upper-class, retired Army officer.
Rounding out the group is longtime Six Pack member Hammer.
Rounding and many
Rounding has many similarities to the quantization that occurs when physical quantities must be encoded by numbers or digital signals.
Rounding and —
# Rounding the Mark — 2006 ( Il giro di boa — 2003 )
* 1935 — " Rounding the Century: Story of the Colored Orphan Asylum & Association for the Benefit of Colored Children in New York City " Crisis ( June )
Rounding and integer
Rounding to the nearest integer often does not work, in the sense that it may lead to a sub-optimal solution and / or under-or over-production of some of the orders ( and possible infeasibility in the presence of two-sided demand constraints ).
Rounding and ;
Rounding out the force was the lone Navy transport Najima ( 8, 125 tons ; 22, 994 m < sup > 3 </ sup >).
Rounding out the cast, long before their own respective film and television stardom, was Robert Cummings of Dial M for Murder ; and even Gale Gordon, who later became a fixture on The Lucy Show.
Rounding out the cast are Jane's father, Professor Archimedes Q. Porter ; Tantor, the germophobic elephant ; and Terk, a wisecracking female ape and Tarzan's old wrestling buddy.
Rounding and using
Rounding more crudely ( replacing the 257 at the end by 256 ), we get mega ≈, using Knuth's up-arrow notation.
Rounding and with
Rounding out the cast was a character actor and friend of Garner's who had previously co-starred with him on Nichols, Stuart Margolin, playing Jim's ex-cell mate and less-than-trustworthy friend " Angel " Martin.
Rounding out the group with another ex-member of Pariah, bassist Graeme English, as well as drummer Keith Baxter, they penned a deal with German record label Noise International and recorded and released The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth in 1991.
Rounding out the regular features are the well-known American advice columnist Dan Savage with his Savage Love, cartoons, and a local astrology column.
Rounding out 2002, Canada's senior women's team, with several players from the U-19 squad, met the United States in the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup final, where the U. S. won on yet another golden goal.
Rounding out the points were Ferrari's Michele Alboreto, whose three points were not enough to keep his championship lead, Senna's Lotus team mate Elio de Angelis was fifth with Nigel Mansell sixth in his Williams FW10.
Rounding out the whole are a sound and light facility and a kitchen that met with requirements.
Rounding out the household are Mrs. Warren's son and stepson, her verbally-abused nurse, a secretary, a handyman and his wife, a housekeeper with a taste for brandy.
Rounding out the changes was the departure of drummer Chris Maitland, with the replacement being Gavin Harrison, who joined in early 2002.
Rounding and number
* Rounding, the truncation of a number to reduce the number of significant figures it contains
Rounding and significant
Rounding this off at about 10 significant bits ( 100000110100000000000000000000 ) would have provided a hint of this uncertainty.
Rounding and .
Rounding to 24 bits in binary mode means attributing the 24th bit the value of the 25th which yields 11001001 00001111 11011011.
Rounding out the top five pavilions, in terms of attendance were: the Canadian Pavilion ( 11 million visitors ), the United States ( 9 million ), France ( 8. 5 million ), and Czechoslovakia ( 8 million ).
Rounding off his 2011 World Tour, which included United States, England, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany, Simon appeared at Ramat Gan Stadium in Israel in July 2011, making his first concert appearance in Israel since 1983.
Rounding out its United States awards, the film won both Best Picture and Best Actor from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Rounding out his force were 17 cannons, 240 light cavalry led by C. D. Taylor and about 2, 000 Portuguese troops under Nicholas Trant, giving a total of 20, 000 men.
* Mintzberg, H ( 1994 ) ' Rounding out the Managers job ', Sloan Management Review, v 36 n 1 p 11 – 26.
Rounding out the cast were soap opera star Laurette Fillbrandt as Daisy Mae, Hazel Dopheide as Mammy Yokum, and Clarence Hartzell ( who was also a prominent actor on Vic and Sade ) as Pappy.
Rounding out the cast are super receptionist Jennifer Marlowe, enthusiastic junior employee Bailey Quarters, and spaced-out veteran disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever.
Rounding Predannack Head, Vellan Head, and Rill Head ( where the Spanish Armada was first sighted on 29 July 1588 ), the path leads to Kynance Cove and Lizard Point, the lighthouse of which has been visible for some distance.
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