Correction

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The numerical value of a correction is the best estimate that can be made of the difference between the true and the measured value of a parameter. The sign is such that a correction that is to be added to an observed reading is taken as positive.


Source: Nick Ward, IALA e-Nav committee vicechair, March 2009