Associations to the word «Accuracy»

Wiktionary

ACCURACY, noun. The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; nicety; correctness
ACCURACY, noun. Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.

Dictionary definition

ACCURACY, noun. The quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account".
ACCURACY, noun. (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats