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accuracy [ˈækjʊrəsɪ] n pl -cies
1. faithful measurement or representation of the truth; correctness; precision 2. (Physics / General Physics) Physics Chem the degree of agreement between a measured or computed value of a physical quantity and the standard or accepted value for that quantity ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
accuracy noun 1. exactness, precision, fidelity, authenticity, correctness, closeness, truth, verity, nicety, veracity, faithfulness, truthfulness, niceness, exactitude, strictness, meticulousness, carefulness, scrupulousness, preciseness, faultlessness, accurateness The text cannot be guaranteed as to the accuracy of speakers' words. exactness inaccuracy, carelessness, laxity, imprecision, incorrectness, laxness, inexactitude, erroneousness 2. precision, correctness, exactitude, exactness, meticulousness, definiteness, preciseness weapons that could fire with accuracy at targets 3,000 yards away Translations accuracy [ˈækjʊrəsɪ] N [of measurement, figures, clock] → exactitud f; [of instrument] → precisión f; [of translation, copy, words, description] → fidelidad f, exactitud f; [of forecast] → lo acertado; [of aim, shot] → lo certero accuracy is very important for a good typist → no cometer errores es muy importante para un buen mecanógrafo they were impressed by the typist's accuracy → estaban impresionados por la falta de errores en el trabajo del mecanógrafo accuracy [ˈækjʊrəsi] n [information, spelling] (= correctness) → exactitude f (= precision) [weapon] → précision f accuracy n → Genauigkeit f; (of missile) → Zielgenauigkeit f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "I confess," replied the Missionary, fingering a number of ten-cent pieces which a Sunday-school in his own country had forwarded to him, "that I am a product of you, but I protest that you cannot quote Scripture with accuracy and point. I have written the present volume because I have found no other that, to my mind, combines satisfactory accomplishment of these ends with a selection of authors sufficiently limited for clearness and with adequate accuracy and fulness of details, biographical and other. It is one of the many methods in which they employ this weapon, and the accuracy of aim which they achieve, even under the most unfavorable circumstances, is little short of miraculous. |
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