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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.