accuracy

Noun
  1. The quality of being near to the true value (synset 104810156)
    "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
    tells us about:
    • accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
    • inaccurate - not accurate
    is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
    subtypes:
    • exactitude, exactness - the quality of being exact
    • fidelity - accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
    same as: truth
  2. (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number (synset 104810458)
    "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

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