ACCURACY

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does accuracy mean? 

• ACCURACY (noun)
  The noun ACCURACY has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being near to the true value
2. (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number

  Familiarity information: ACCURACY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCURACY (noun)

Meaning:

The quality of being near to the true value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

accuracy; truth

Context examples:

he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass / the lawyer questioned the truth of my account

Hypernyms ("accuracy" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)

inaccurate (not accurate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accuracy"):

exactitude; exactness (the quality of being exact)

fidelity (accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal)

Antonym:

inaccuracy (the quality of being inaccurate and having errors)

Meaning:

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy

Hypernyms ("accuracy" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)