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Accuracy

Accuracy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Accuracy? [n] the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" [n] (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Accuracy: truth Related Terms \| Find terms related to Accuracy: absoluteness \| attention to detail \| attention to fact \| care for truth \| circumstantiality \| conscientiousness \| correctness \| criticality \| criticalness \| definiteness \| delicacy \| detail \| exactingness \| exactitude \| exactness \| exquisiteness \| faithfulness \| faultlessness \| fidelity \| fineness \| finicality \| finicalness \| finickiness \| finickingness \| flawlessness \| fussiness \| literalism \| literality \| literalness \| mathematical precision \| meticulousness \| minuteness \| minuteness of detail \| niceness \| nicety \| particularity \| particularness \| perfection \| preciseness \| precisianism \| precision \| punctiliousness \| punctuality \| refinement \| right \| rightness \| rigidity \| rigidness \| rigor \| rigorousness \| scrupulosity \| scrupulousness \| severity \| specificity \| strictness \| subtlety \| textualism \| the letter See Also \| exactitude \| exactness \| fidelity \| quality Accuracy In Webster's Dictionary \Ac"curacy\ (#; 277), n. [See {Accurate}.] The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy. --Reid. The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides. --Lardner.

Accuracy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Accuracy?

[n] the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
[n] (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Accuracy: truth

See Also | exactitude | exactness | fidelity | quality

Accuracy In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac"cu*ra*cy\ (#; 277), n. [See {Accurate}.]
The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this
exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to
truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety;
correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its
accuracy.

      The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think,
      to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy.
                                               --Reid.

      The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides.
                                               --Lardner.

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