Accuracy
the condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact; freedom from error or defect; precision or exactness; correctness.
chemistry, physics. the extent to which a given measurement agrees with the standard value for that measurement.
compare (def 6).
mathematics. the degree of correctness of a quant-ty, expression, etc.
compare (def 5).
contemporary examples
now, questions are emerging about the accuracy of her remarks during a trip to northern ireland this week.
oops, did she do it again? niall stanage october 13, 2009
exerting pressure on a government requires certainty and accuracy.
has the committee to protect journalists betrayed turkey’s journalists? oray egin december 20, 2011
“this is very real, this mixture of speed and accuracy,” sacks said.
why tourette’s may be tim howard’s secret weapon on the field michael daly july 2, 2014
such obsession with accuracy makes what berg does with creative license for the rest of the story so self-contradictory.
the myth of reality in ‘lone survivor’ benjamin busch january 18, 2014
one of them, lenora hall, confirmed to me the accuracy of the fbi account.
did mcveigh have another accomplice? gerald posner october 3, 2009
historical examples
the account we have of their movements is so meagre that it is impossible to follow with accuracy the route they traversed.
christopher carson john s. c. abbott
it was simply impossible to judge with any accuracy of the distance of the ship.
malbone thomas wentworth higginson
he made pellets of clay from his father’s studio; and i was deeply affected by the long range and accuracy of these weapons.
hawthorne and his circle julian hawthorne
everything combines to prove the accuracy of my observations.
the lamplighter charles d-ckens
he was born between 1015 and 1020—this is the nearest that we can approach to accuracy.
the makers of modern rome mrs. (margaret) oliphant
noun (pl) -cies
faithful measurement or representation of the truth; correctness; precision
(physics, chem) the degree of agreement between a measured or computed value of a physical quant-ty and the standard or accepted value for that quant-ty
n.
1660s, from accurate + -cy.
mathematics
how close to the real value a measurement is.
compare precision.
(1998-04-19)
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free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact. careful or meticulous: an accurate typist. contemporary examples accurately predicting the future is, of course, a tricky business. plague or plenty? new report envisions the world in 2030 eli lake december 10, 2012 the column does accurately describe the differences in […]
- Accurize
to improve the accuracy of (a firearm). historical examples to accurize the stock, and you put this where you have all metal to wood contact in the stock. warren commission (10 of 26): hearings vol. x (of 15) the president’s commission on the -ss-ssination of president kennedy
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- Accursed
under a curse; doomed; ill-fated. d-mnable; detestable. contemporary examples you wrote a draft of the accursed in the early 1980s, then abandoned it. the devil and woodrow wilson: an interview with joyce carol oates jane ciabattari march 18, 2013 her new novel, the accursed, is the fifth in her series of gothic novels that began […]
- Accurst
under a curse; doomed; ill-fated. d-mnable; detestable. historical examples in second husband, let me be accurst; none wed the second, but who killed the first. a fascinating traitor richard henry savage each in its place is seen to be good and worthy, but when each devours the other both are accurst. the browning cyclopdia edward […]