Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Conformity to fact.
- noun Precision; exactness.
- noun The ability of a measurement to match the actual value of the quantity being measured.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or quality of being accurate; extreme precision or exactness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; correctness: as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy; copies of legal instruments should be taken with accuracy.
- noun Synonyms Accurateness, exactness, exactitude, precision, carefulness, care, niceness, nicety.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
accurate ; freedom frommistakes , thisexemption arising fromcarefulness ;exactness ;nicety ;correctness - noun Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number
- noun the quality of being near to the true value
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Examples
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Like I say, the accuracy is a little troubling but I know it can be improved - but how on earth does this tiny little gun weigh 6 lbs???
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Unproven Matt Prater has a booming leg on kickoffs, but his accuracy is the question mark.
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One way to judge the accuracy is the Bermuda grass rough that outlines the fairways.
USATODAY.com - More rough, more yards, more challenge await 2001
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Something with that kind of accuracy is the kind of advantage I need.
A Rifle With Feck* 2009
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I guess it depends whether something called 'accuracy' is important to you.
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I'd add that your accuracy is hard to beat with anything if your bullets touch at 100 yards.
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If you can keep it supersonic all the way to the target, accuracy is better.
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I'd add that your accuracy is hard to beat with anything if your bullets touch at 100 yards.
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But when you probe that claim, its accuracy is open to question.
Myth Diagnosis 2010
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I used to shoot 3inch Remington copper solids, but changed to 2 3/4 this year and have seen no difference in accuracy or ability to take down a deer, and I am much more willing to put in the time at the range now.
Bucking Slug Recoil 2009
itsteganyay commented on the word accuracy
"Their powers of conversation were considerable. They could describe an entertainment with accuracy, relate an anecdote with humour, and laugh at their acquaintance with spirit." - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
August 17, 2015
hugovk commented on the word accuracy
accuracy, n.
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/04/is-uk-claim-zero-civilian-casualties-iraq-airstrikes-credible">The Guardian, 4 December 2015</a>:
December 31, 2015
muslimastrologer commented on the word accuracy
As the word Accuracy comes with tons of meaning which are explained here very well.
February 21, 2018