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accuracy

How correct an answer is. The accuracy obtained from calculations depends on using bug-free computer chips as well as the quality of the input. Contrast with precision, which refers to the number of digits, or exactness, in an answer.


accuracy
Physics Chem the degree of agreement between a measured or computed value of a physical quantity and the standard or accepted value for that quantity

accuracy [′ak·yə·rə·sē]
(science and technology)
The extent to which the results of a calculation or the readings of an instrument approach the true values of the calculated or measured quantities, and are free from error.

(mathematics)accuracy - How close to the real value a measurement is.

Compare precision.


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Melt-pressure/temperature transducers designed with a solid steel force rod have pressure ranges from 250 to 45,000 psi, accuracies of 0.
Corresponding drop-offs for the other two groups were slight in comparison--with accuracies of 94 percent and 86 percent for older children and 91 percent and 83 percent for younger ones.
Clean-Feed is said to help improve batch weighing accuracies and provides enhanced data recording, according to the company.
 
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