Accuracy

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; 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.

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.

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

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