accuracy
/'ækjurəsi/ Cách viết khác : (accurateness) /'ækjuritnis/
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Definition
Noun: 1. The quality or state of being correct or precise: The condition of being free from error or exact conformity to truth or a standard. 2. The degree to which the result of a measurement, calculation, or specification conforms to the correct value or a standard: Often expressed in terms of closeness to a true value, as opposed to precision which relates to reproducibility.
Examples of Usage
- The experiment's success depended on the accuracy of the measurements.
- Historians debate the accuracy of the ancient text's translation.
- Modern GPS systems provide remarkable positional accuracy.
- She typed the report with great speed and accuracy.
Advanced Usage
- With pinpoint accuracy: With extreme precision.
- The sniper hit the target with pinpoint accuracy.
- Factual accuracy: The correctness of information regarding facts.
- Journalists have a duty to check the factual accuracy of their stories.
- Accuracy and precision: In technical contexts, these are distinct terms. Accuracy refers to closeness to the true value, while precision refers to the closeness of repeated measurements to each other (reproducibility).
Variants and Related Words
- Accurate (adjective): Correct in all details; exact.
- An accurate description.
- Inaccuracy (noun): The quality or state of being inaccurate; an error.
- The report contained several inaccuracies.
- Accurately (adverb): In an accurate manner; correctly, precisely.
- He can accurately predict the weather.
Synonyms
- Correctness
- Exactness
- Precision
- Fidelity
- Truth
Antonyms
- Inaccuracy
- Imprecision
- Incorrectness
- Falsity
- Error
Noun
- (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number
- the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy
- 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