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Eric vs Erfc - What's the difference?

eric | erfc |

As nouns the difference between eric and erfc

is that eric is a fine paid as compensation for violent crimes while erfc is complementary error function, i.e. 1 - erf(x.

As a proper noun Eric

is a given name derived from Germanic.

eric

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
  • * 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess , Faber & Faber 1999, p. 18:
    • The court-poets of Wales [...] could demand an eric of ‘nine cows, and nine-score pence of money besides’.

    Related terms

    * eriach

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Anagrams

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    erfc

    English

    Noun

  • (math) complementary error function, i.e. 1 - erf(x )