Accuracy
['ækjʊrəsɪ] or ['ækjərəsi]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being near to the true value; 'he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass'; 'the lawyer questioned the truth of my account'.
(noun.) (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; 'the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy'.
Edited by Augustus--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
Checker: Rudolph
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Exactness, exactitude, correctness, precision, niceness, nicety, truth, accurateness, fidelity.
Checker: Patty
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Exactness, correctness, strictness, precision, exactitude, nicety, fidelity
ANT:Inexactness, looseness, slovenliness, incorrectness
Typist: Stacey
Examples
- But, to that nature, the very unbounded trust reposed in him was bond and seal for the most scrupulous accuracy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The last thing at night my wife returned to Blackwater, having followed her instructions with the most unimpeachable accuracy. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The function of the floating weight is to automatically keep the stylus in close engagement with the record, thus insuring accuracy of reproduction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- While thus lessening the cost of time-keepers their value has been enhanced by increasing their accuracy and durability. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Tut, tut, Mr. Philander, tut, tut, cautioned Professor Porter, I do not know with accuracy as yet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He was of mechanical turn of mind, with an intense hobby for painful accuracy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Kruesi was the superintendent, a Swiss trained in the best Swiss ideas of accuracy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His lordship carried off the sketch, delighted with the accuracy of the resemblance. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- What accuracy in all the lineaments! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Wherever names are written, there you will usually find the addressograph in use, saving time and money, guaranteeing 100 per cent accuracy and insuring maximum efficiency. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A great deal of this narrative is given in Mr. Edison's own language, from oral or written statements made in reply to questions addressed to him with the object of securing accuracy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Perhaps its newness, or perhaps the accuracy of his observation of its general look, guided Gaffer to a ready conclusion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This is done by a range of machines, which perform the varied operations with wonderful rapidity and accuracy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And therefore strict accuracy must always be the measure of merit of a weighing machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Scientific accuracy is dependent on words and other means of numerical expression. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Edited by Annabel