Accuracy Definition

ăkyər-ə-sē
noun
Conformity to fact.
American Heritage
The quality or state of being accurate or exact; precision; exactness.
Webster's New World
Precision; exactness.
American Heritage
The ability of a measurement to match the actual value of the quantity being measured.
American Heritage

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; nicety; correctness.

The value of testimony depends on its accuracy.
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Other Word Forms of Accuracy

Noun

Singular:
accuracy
Plural:
accuracies

Origin of Accuracy

  • accurate +‎ -cy

    From Wiktionary

  • First attested in the 1660s.

    From Wiktionary

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