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Units and Measurement
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Name different types of errors which come into play while using the measuring instrument to make measurement?

Answer

Different types of error that come into play while using the measuring instrument are:
(a) Imperfectness error, 
(b) constant error,
(c) random error,
(d) systematic error, and 
(e) gross error.

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