accuracy

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

Noun

  1. The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
    • Its professed end [of logic], is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy. - 1827, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind:
    • The efficiency of the instrument will also depend upon the accuracy with which the piston fits the bottom and sides of the barrel. When the piston is depressed to the bottom, it is considered in theory to be in absolute...
    • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into...
  2. Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
    • The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.

Origin

* First attested in the 1660s. * accurate + -cy

Forms

accuracies

Synonyms

correctness truthfulness nicety

Antonyms

inaccuracy

Related

precision integrity exactness fidelity

Derived

high-accuracy hyperaccuracy overaccuracy