Accuracy

Quick meaning: Accuracy is a noun meaning The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness.

Meaning

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness.

More Meanings

1. Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.

Example Sentences

The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.

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

At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

The efficiency of the instrument will also depend upon the accuracy with which the piston fits the bottom and sides of the barrel. When the piston is depressed to the bottom, it is considered in theory to be in absolute contact, so as to exclude every particle of air from the space between it and the bottom.

Word Forms

• accuracies

Synonyms for accuracy

Depending on context, synonyms include correctness, truthfulness, nicety, truth.

Antonyms for accuracy

Common opposites include inaccuracy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include truth, exactly, accurately, accurate, precisely, exact.

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