Synonyms:
accuracy, truth
Meaning: the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
Synonyms:
accuracy
Meaning: (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy"
Usage examples
The separation of it often requires great attention, accuracy, and subtilty.
And yet, like the others, the builder of this slovenly edifice must have her own principles of beauty and accuracy.
What I have heard of her school days from other sources, confirms the accuracy of the details in this remarkable letter.
Although there is nowhere a date, the handwriting makes it possible to arrange the poems with general chronologic accuracy.
And since it can never take into account all the connections, it can never cover with perfect accuracy all the consequences.
It is the extent and accuracy of steps three and four which mark off a distinctive reflective experience from one on the trial and error plane.
Thousands of years ago, Thales, and others whose very names we have forgotten, could predict eclipses with some certainty, though with only rough accuracy.
It may be well to say here, a little more explicitly, that there was no real intention to describe with particular accuracy any real characters in this book.
He could dig up all this dry information with the precise accuracy of an economist, all the while his actual thoughts upon Kitty. His nights were nightmares.
I am to infer that you keep good company by your good manners and better information; and to infer your reading from the wealth, and accuracy of your conversation."