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accuracy

Accuracy is the state of being accurate.

accuracy

(= truth) 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 (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy

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Simple sentences

Office managers expect accuracy, efficiency, and dedication.
I can give you a copy of the report, but I can't vouch for its accuracy.
Accuracy and finish will become more important than high rates of metal removal for 95 percent of all machining operations.
Very high demands are placed on the fitting accuracy of the tubing. The error tolerance is normally in the range of one to a few millimeters.
Technical language requires great accuracy.
Say what you like about Tom and Mary. When it comes to history and science, accuracy of content is the top priority.
I doubt the accuracy of the report.
I began to doubt the accuracy of his statement.
The recoil reduces the weapon's accuracy.
Lenin was sent into Russia by the Germans in the same way that you might send a phial containing a culture of typhoid or cholera to be poured into the water supply of a great city, and it worked with amazing accuracy.

Movie subtitles

I hope you will enjoy it, Miss Bingley. And, that you will learn to direct your dart with greater accuracy.
You put it bluntly but with a certain degree of accuracy.
They seemed certain about the accuracy of their report.
Ah, that's the third factor that I'm afraid requires absolute accuracy.
He knew the success of the plan depended on his accuracy in arriving at the track at the correct moment.
Everything I do is worked out in advance. with mathematical accuracy through precise scientific methods.
I take it greater accuracy in these missiles would be a constant object?
You see, in a class of journalism. accuracy is equally as important as punctuality.
And you might even find the time to discover with a little more accuracy who it is we have been trying half a morning.
I need absolute accuracy.
Already, we can direct radar beams out into space with the utmost accuracy.
Must have been built with tremendous accuracy.
With absolute accuracy.
Much to be said for the sturdy design of the older model, but for skull-point accuracy I'll take this one anytime.
The weapon had been thrown at the victim with the same precision and accuracy as in your act.
It has long range and great accuracy.
An Americanism, which I see no occasion for you to use but it expresses my situation with a good deal of accuracy.
With accuracy?
Because that's not their purpose. They have not that accuracy.
A tommy gun stinks. No accuracy, no punch.
New radar installations must be calibrated by the flying of controlled test flights to check the accuracy of the equipment and to chart a detection profile of the area in order to pinpoint blind spots the radar cannot penetrate.
Her accuracy with it. I've seen her shoot the tops off dozens of bottles.
I'm using it with deadly accuracy.
He has the accuracy of a guided missile, directed by a simple transmitor in the pen.
What's the accuracy of fire?
Long barrels are meant to shoot far. With accuracy.
I don't remember a thing about the first two murders. Computer, accuracy scan.
Computer, accuracy scan.
For the time being, we will accept Captain Kirk's explanation of the machine's accuracy as factual.
When I asked him about his abilities I sensed pride in his answer about his accuracy and perfection.
I don't dispute your accuracy.
Pinpoint accuracy is required.
Justice demands accuracy, my dear.
The accuracy is phenomenal.
The telescope must be able to point with high accuracy to a designated region of the sky, and to keep on pointing there.

News and current affairs

POTSDAM - Recent satellite observations have confirmed the accuracy of two independent computer simulations that show that the West Antarctic ice sheet has now entered a state of unstoppable collapse.
Whatever the accuracy of such assessments of China's military growth, the outcome will also depend on what the US and other countries do.
These councils are tasked with assessing the accuracy of macroeconomic forecasts, overseeing compliance with targets, and ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability.
As a result, fame could be negatively, not positively, correlated with long-run accuracy.
The basic idea was to solicit thousands of predictions from hundreds of experts about the fates of dozens of countries, and then score the predictions for accuracy.
Even citizens who prize accuracy have little way of knowing that they are sacrificing it when they switch channels from boring foxes to charismatic hedgehogs.
Here, then, is a modest proposal that applies to all democracies: the marketplace of ideas works better if it is easier for citizens to see the trade-offs between accuracy and entertainment, or between accuracy and party loyalty.
The most striking finding is that the medal count can be predicted with great accuracy from four key variables: population, GDP per capita, past performance, and host status.
But relentless attempts at accuracy easily result in noise.
Such measures should focus on what makes ratings valuable for the investors who use them - their accuracy in forecasting financial health.
He, and the people he appointed, created an environment of secrecy, a system in which the normal checks on the accuracy of information were removed.
This process builds accuracy and confidence.
Robots are capable of performing repetitive tasks with a higher degree of precision and accuracy than are humans, and without muscle fatigue.
The Country Reports on Human Rights worldwide, published annually by the State Department, maintain the high standard of accuracy and comprehensiveness that they achieved during the Clinton administration.
Then, in 1929, Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding, consistently (within the observational accuracy of the day) with unmodified general relativity.
Katrina, on the other hand, was a terrible act of nature, but one that was predicted by the national weather service with impressive accuracy.
Fossil bones are harvested and made into mounted skeletons, often with little regard for accuracy.
If you want to meet governments on their home ground, you have to provide a product that, in terms of the depth and accuracy of its research and the style of its presentation, the best of them are accustomed to and demand.
Some viewers are not persuaded of the film's accuracy, or are troubled by the occasionally surreal character of the film-within-a-film structure adopted by the director.
If raters' profits depend on such performance - on the accuracy of their ratings - the profit motive would turn from a source of perverse incentives to a provider of beneficial incentives.

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