The error in absorbance which may occur if there is a difference between the (mean) wavelength of the radiation entering the sample cell and the indicated wavelength on the spectrometer scale.
Source:
PAC, 1988, 60, 1449. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VII. Molecular absorption spectroscopy, ultraviolet and visible (UV/VIS) (Recommendations 1988)' on page 1456 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198860091449)