Cosine error
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cosine-error-268-2914519
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Cosine error
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Cosine error is a type of measurement error caused by the difference between the intended and actual directions in which a measurement is taken. Depending on the type of measurement, it either multiplies or divides the true value by the cosine of the angle between the two directions. For small angles the resulting error is typically very small, since an angle needs to be relatively large for its cosine to depart significantly from 1. Approximate error sizes for a few example angles are: The erro
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Type of measurement error
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosine_error
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2024-04-12T22:58:05Z
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