NOUN
- a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
How To Use fudge factor In A Sentence
- To do this, Einstein inserted a fudge factor, which he called the cosmological constant. Disturbing The Universe
- COnsidering that viscosity increases the time or height of transfer unit required to transfer heat or mass in a boundary value conditioned problem such as the comparison of dropwise versus film condensation on a vertical surface Tanner et al, J Heat and Mass Transfer 8:419 1965 and such staples as the 1916 Nusselt equation and discussion of Reynolds numbers and limitations of validity, does not a molasses ball fudge factor represent an admission that the model has exceeded its limitations of validity? Possible ITCZ Influence « Climate Audit