| Subject | English | German |
| opt. | absolute cumulative error | absoluter Summenfehler (the difference between the true length of an object at standard temperature and its apparent length at the same temperature) |
| opt. | absolute cumulative error | Maßstabsfehler (the difference between the true length of an object at standard temperature and its apparent length at the same temperature) |
| construct. | cumulative error | Gesamtfehler |
| stat. | cumulative error | systematischer Fehler (Qualitätskontrolle) |
| mech.eng. | cumulative error | Summenfehler |
| IT, tech. | cumulative error | kumulierender Beurteilungsfehler |
| math. | cumulative error | kumulativer Fehler |
| mech.eng. | cumulative error | Gesamtabweichung |
| comp. | cumulative error | akkumulierter Fehler |
| meas.inst. | cumulative errors | systematische Fehler |
| opt. | relative cumulative error | relativer Summenfehler (the difference between the apparent length of an object measured on the comparator screw and the apparent length of the same object measured on a perfectly uniform screw having a constant pitch) |
| opt. | relative cumulative error | langperiodischer Spindelfehler (the difference between the apparent length of an object measured on the comparator screw and the apparent length of the same object measured on a perfectly uniform screw having a constant pitch) |