rounding off
Dropping decimal places
Rounding off is the process of adjusting a number to a nearby value that is simpler or more convenient, typically by reducing the number of decimal places or significant figures.
In everyday use, you might round off a restaurant bill to make splitting it easier: Let's just round it off to forty dollars.
The phrase also applies figuratively to completing or finishing something in a satisfying way: She rounded off the evening with a toast.
Approximate value judgment
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- nearestClosest in distance
- truncationCutting something shorter
- significant figuresDigits indicating measurement precision
order of magnitude · decimal places · precision · imprecision · guesstimate · rough estimate · quantization · averaging
Making something permanent
- wrapping upCompleting a task
- concludingBringing to an end
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- wind-upFinal part or end
culmination · ending · tying up loose ends · settling · resolution · winding down · sign-off · capping off
Removing machining imperfections
- filingStoring documents systematically
- sandingFriction-smoothing a surface
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- buffingFriction-based shine work
chamfering · beveling · polishing · contouring · shaping · blending · finishing touches
estimation
Approximate value judgment
- ballparkSports venue or estimate
- nearestClosest in distance
- truncationCutting something shorter
significant figures · order of magnitude · decimal places · precision · imprecision · guesstimate · rough estimate · quantization · averaging · rounding error
finalizing
Making something permanent
- wrapping upCompleting a task
- concludingBringing to an end
- closureSense of emotional resolution
wind-up · culmination · ending · tying up loose ends · settling · resolution · winding down · sign-off · capping off · putting to bed
deburring
Removing machining imperfections
- filingStoring documents systematically
- sandingFriction-smoothing a surface
- grindingMolar action sometimes
buffing · chamfering · beveling · polishing · contouring · shaping · blending · finishing touches
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- simplificationsimplification, simplifying, simplify, condensing, simplified
rounding offsharpening
Making more cutting
squaring off · pointing · angling · beveling · edging
rounding offkicking off
Starting or launching
beginning · initiating · launching · commencing · opening up
round, rounds, rounded, rounder, roundest, roundly, roundness, roundish, surround