English Online Dictionary. What means accuracy? What does accuracy mean?
English
Etymology
- First attested in the 1660s.
- accurate + -cy
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈakjʊɹəsi/, /ˈakjəɹəsi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/
Noun
accuracy (countable and uncountable, plural accuracies)
- The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
- Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
Synonyms
- correctness
- truthfulness
Antonyms
- inaccuracy
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- precision
- integrity
- exactness
- fidelity
Further reading
- “accuracy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.