accuracy

English

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From accurate and -cy suffix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

accuracy (plural accuracies)

1. The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; exactness; nicety; correctness

   The value of testimony depends on its accuracy.

   • 1827, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind^[1]:

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

   • 1856, Dionysius Lardner, Popular Lectures on Science and Art^[2]:

     The efficiency of the instrument will also depend upon the accuracy with which the piston fits the bottom and sides of the barel. 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.

Synonyms

• correctness
• truthfulness

Antonyms

• inaccuracy

See also

• precision
• integrity
• exactness

Translations

state of being accurate

Bulgarian: акуратност (bg) (akurátnost) f., точност (bg), прецизност (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 準確度 (cmn), 准确度 (cmn) (zhǔnquèdù), 準確性 (cmn), 准确性 (cmn) (zhǔnquèxìng) Czech: přesnost (cs) f. Danish: nøjagtighed (da) c., præcision (da) c. Dutch: nauwkeurigheid (nl), precisie (nl) Esperanto: akurateco (eo) Estonian: täpsus (et) Finnish: tarkkuus (fi) French: exactitude (fr), précision (fr) German: Genauigkeit (de) f., Präzision (de) f. Hungarian: pontosság (hu), helyesség (hu), precizitás (hu) Indonesian: ketelitian, ketepatan, kecermatan, keakuratan Interlingua: exactitude, precision

Italian: esattezza (it), precisione (it), accuratezza (it) f. Japanese: 正確性 (せいかくせい, seikaku-sei), 正確さ (せいかくさ, seikaku-sa), 精密性 (せいみつせい, seimitsu-sei), 精密さ (せいみつさ, seimitsu-sa), 確度 (kakudo) Kurdish: Sorani: دروستی (ku) (drustí), ڕێکی (ku) (rékí) Malay: kejituan (ms), ketepatan (ms), ketepatan (ms) Malay: kejituan (ms) Maltese: eżattezza Norwegian: nøyaktighet (no) Persian: درستی (fa) (dorosti), صحت (fa) (sehat) Polish: dokładność f. Portuguese: exatidão (pt) f., precisão (pt) f., correção (pt) f. Romanian: precizie f., acuratețe f., exactitate f. Russian: точность (ru) (tóčnost') f. Spanish: exactitud (es), precisión (es) f. Swedish: noggrannhet (sv) c. Telugu: ఖచ్చితత్వం (khachchitatvam)

External links

• accuracy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913