English

Etymology
From accurate and -cy suffix.

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy

#:Quotations
#:*The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy. - Reid
#:*The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides. - Lardner

Translations
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trans-top|the state of being accurate
Finnish: tarkkuus
French: exactitude
German: Genauigkeit
Indonesian: teliti|ketelitian, tepat|ketepatan, cermat|kecermatan, akurat|keakuratan
Interlingua: exactitude, precision
Italian: esattezza
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Japanese: 正確� (������, seikaku-sei), 正確� (�����, seikaku-sa), 精�� (������, seimitsu-sei), 精�� (�����, seimitsu-sa), 確度 (kakudo)
Maltese: eżattezza
Polish: dok�adno�� f
Portuguese: exatidão f, precisão f, correção f
Romanian: precizie f, acuratete f
Spanish: exactitud
Swedish: noggrannhet c
Norwegian: nøyaktighet
Telugu: ����ితత�వ� (khachchitatvam)
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• 2007-11-16 03:28 - RJFJR - is countable: pl=accuracies

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