WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
er′ror of clo′sure, [Survey.]
- Surveyingthe amount by which a closed traverse fails to satisfy the requirements of a true mathematical figure, as the length of line joining the true and computed position of the same point.
- Surveyingthe ratio of this linear error to the perimeter of the traverse.
- Surveying(for angles) the amount by which the sum of the observed angles fails to equal the true sum.
- Surveying(in leveling) the amount by which an elevation determined by a series of levels fails to agree with an established elevation. Also called closing error.
'error of closure' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):