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n. A factor that is multiplied with the result of an equation to correct for a known amount of systemic error.
Usage examples of "correction factor".
I can also set a heading and correction factor into the drive control.
There would be a correction factor for the next burst, Andrea knew: he flung Himself to one side, lost his balance and what little precarious purchase he had and slid and tumbled helplessly down the boulder-strewn slope.
We instructed JEVEX to apply a correction factor by extrapolating the developments that would have taken place if the surveillance had not been discovered, and we presented these as facts in order to insure that our protective measures would not be relaxed.
What Wu has done has been to add a correction factor to the basic equations.
Each correction factor is provided by a physically separate circuit, involving many vacuum tubes.
He bent over the keyboard again and showed how the correction factor fit into the original equations.