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The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
- 1827, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind:
  Its professed end [of logic], is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy.
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- 1856, Dionysius Lardner, Popular Lectures on Science and Art:
  The efficiency of the instrument will also depend upon the accuracy with which the piston fits the bottom and sides of the barrel. 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.
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- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
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Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.Category:English terms with usage examples#ACCURACY

Synonyms

correctness, truthfulness, nicety

Antonyms

inaccuracy

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Descendants

Indonesian: akurasi
Portuguese: acurácia

Translations

state of being accurate — see also exactness,‎ precision,‎ fidelity,‎ certainty,‎ thoroughness

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Arabic: دِقَّة f (diqqa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ACCURACY
Hijazi Arabic: دِقَّة f (digga)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#ACCURACY
Azerbaijani: dəqiqlikCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#ACCURACY, düzgünlükCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#ACCURACY
Bulgarian: акура́тност (bg) f (akurátnost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ACCURACY, то́чност (bg) f (tóčnost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ACCURACY, преци́зност (bg) f (precíznost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ACCURACY
Catalan: exactitud (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ACCURACY, precisió (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ACCURACY
Chinese:
Mandarin: 準確度 / 准确度 (zh) (zhǔnquèdù)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ACCURACY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ACCURACY, 準確性 / 准确性 (zh) (zhǔnquèxìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ACCURACY Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ACCURACY
Cornish: kewerder mCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#ACCURACY
Czech: přesnost (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ACCURACY
Danish: nøjagtighed cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#ACCURACY, præcision cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#ACCURACY
Dutch: nauwkeurigheid (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#ACCURACY, precisie (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#ACCURACY
Esperanto: ekzaktoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ACCURACY
Estonian: täpsusCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#ACCURACY
Finnish: tarkkuus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ACCURACY
French: exactitude (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#ACCURACY, précision (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#ACCURACY
Galician: precisión fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#ACCURACY
German: Genauigkeit (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#ACCURACY, Sorgfalt (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#ACCURACY, Exaktheit (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#ACCURACY, Richtigkeit (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#ACCURACY, Fehlerfreiheit fCategory:Terms with German translations#ACCURACY
Greek: ακρίβεια (el) f (akríveia)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ACCURACY
Ancient Greek: ἀκρίβεια f (akríbeia)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#ACCURACY
Hungarian: pontosság (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ACCURACY, helyesség (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ACCURACY, precizitás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ACCURACY
Indonesian: ketelitian, ketepatan, kecermatan, keakuratan
Interlingua: exactitudeCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#ACCURACY, precisionCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#ACCURACY
Inuktitut: ᓇᓛᒎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ (nalaacoottiarniq)Category:Terms with Inuktitut translations#ACCURACY
Irish: cruinneas mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ACCURACY
Italian: esattezza (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#ACCURACY, precisione (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#ACCURACY, accuratezza (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ACCURACY, acribia (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ACCURACY
Japanese: 正確性 (せいかくせい, seikakusei)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ACCURACY, 正確さ (ja) (せいかくさ, seikaku-sa)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ACCURACY, 精密性 (せいみつせい, seimitsusei)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ACCURACY, 精密さ (ja) (せいみつさ, seimitsu-sa)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ACCURACY, 確度 (ja) (かくど, kakudo)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ACCURACY
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دروستی (drustî)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#ACCURACY, ڕێکی (rêkî)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#ACCURACY
Macedonian: прецизност f (preciznost)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#ACCURACY, точност f (točnost)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#ACCURACY
Malay: kejituanCategory:Terms with Malay translations#ACCURACY, ketepatanCategory:Terms with Malay translations#ACCURACY, kebenaran (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#ACCURACY
Maltese: eżattezza fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#ACCURACY
Māori: tikapūtangaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ACCURACY
Mongolian: оновчлол sg (onovčlol)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#ACCURACY
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nøyaktighet (no) m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ACCURACY, riktighet m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ACCURACY
Persian: درستی (fa) (dorosti)Category:Terms with Persian translations#ACCURACY, صحت (fa) (sehat)Category:Terms with Persian translations#ACCURACY
Polish: dokładność (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ACCURACY, akuratność (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ACCURACY
Portuguese: exatidão (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ACCURACY, precisão (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ACCURACY, correção (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ACCURACY, apuramentoCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ACCURACY
Romanian: precizie (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ACCURACY, acuratețe (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ACCURACY, exactitate (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ACCURACY
Russian: то́чность (ru) f (tóčnostʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ACCURACY
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: та̏чно̄ст fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ACCURACY, то̏чно̄ст fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ACCURACY, прецизност fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ACCURACY

Latin: tȁčnōst (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ACCURACY, tȍčnōst (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ACCURACY, preciznost (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ACCURACY
Spanish: tino (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACCURACY, acierto (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACCURACY, acertamiento (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACCURACY (desus.), acuradidad fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACCURACY (disused), acuradezCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACCURACY (disused), acuradeza fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACCURACY (disused), acuradura fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACCURACY (disused)
Swedish: noggrannhet (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ACCURACY
Tagalog: kaeksaktuhanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#ACCURACY
Telugu: ఖచ్చితత్వం (te) (khaccitatvaṁ)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#ACCURACY
Ukrainian: точність (točnistʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ACCURACY

References

↑ Hurd, Seth P. (1847), “Accuracy”, in “False Pronunciation”, in A Grammatical Corrector; or, A Vocabulary of the Common Errors of Speech‎, Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co, →OCLC, page 77.

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