Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Accuracy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Accuracy \Ac"cu*ra*cy\ (#; 277), n. [See {Accurate}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
accuracy
n 1: 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" [syn: {truth}]
[ant: {inaccuracy}]
2: (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a
number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure
time with much greater accuracy"
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