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Accuracy - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Accuracy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Accuracy [ 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.

Meaning of 'Accuracy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . accuracy [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of being near to the true value
Example in sentence:
  • he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass;
  • the lawyer questioned the truth of my account
Meaning (2):
- (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number
Example in sentence:
  • the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy