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Webster 1913 Edition

Accuracy

Ac′cu-ra-cy

(#; 277)
,
Noun.
[See
Accurate
.]
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
.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Accuracy

AC'CURACY

,
Noun.
[L. accuratio, from accurare, to take care of; ad and curare, to take care; cura, care. See Care.]
1.
Exactness; exact conformity to truth; or to a rule or model; freedom from mistake; nicety; correctness; precision which results from care. The accuracy of ideas or opinions is conformity to truth. The value of testimony depends on its accuracy; copies of legal instruments should be taken with accuracy.
2.
Closeness; tightness; as a tube sealed with accuracy.

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