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accurate
/ ˈækjərɪt /
adjective
- faithfully representing or describing the truth
- showing a negligible or permissible deviation from a standard
an accurate ruler
- without error; precise; meticulous
- maths
- (to n significant digits) representing the first n digits of the given number starting with the first nonzero digit, but approximating to the nearest digit in the final position
since π = 3.14159…, the approximation 3.1416 is accurate to 5 significant digits.
- (to n decimal places) giving the first n digits after the decimal point without further approximation
π = 3.1415 is in this sense accurate to 4 decimal places
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Derived Forms
- ˈaccurateness, noun
- ˈaccurately, adverb
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Other Words From
- ac·cu·rate·ly adverb
- ac·cu·rate·ness noun
- hy·per·ac·cu·rate adjective
- hy·per·ac·cu·rate·ness noun
- su·per·ac·cu·rate adjective
- su·per·ac·cu·rate·ness noun
- un·ac·cu·rate adjective
- un·ac·cu·rate·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of accurate1
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Example Sentences
I have it on good authority these quotes are 100 percent accurate, if not 100 percent verbatim.
Even if you look at that in the most favorable light possible, it was not accurate.
Of course, a more flexible interpretation is just as accurate.
Music and live shows, she says, allow people to talk about the product as art instead of an accurate representation of reality.
If this were accurate, it would mean that the Wilson stopped Brown over a minor offense, not a felony.
Results are easily and quickly obtained, and are probably accurate enough for all clinical purposes.
For accurate work the best instruments are the von Fleischl-Miescher and the Dare.
The broad-beamed budgerow presented a strangely accurate microcosm of India at that moment.
For more accurate work the following methods, applicable to either human or cow's milk, are simple and satisfactory.
And if Gwynne had not revisited San Francisco he had a very accurate idea of its present conditions.
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