n. | 1. | 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; |
Noun | 1. | accuracy - 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" Synonyms: truth Antonyms: inaccuracy - the quality of being inaccurate and having errors |
2. | accuracy - (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy" |
(mathematics) | accuracy - How close to the real value a measurement is. Compare precision. |