ac´cu|rate|ness

ac´cu|rate|ness
ac|cu|rate «AK yuhr iht», adjective.
1. without errors or mistakes; precisely correct; exactly right: »

You must take care to be accurate in arithmetic. An airplane pilot must have an accurate watch. Military power is no longer an accurate measure of national security (James Reston).

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under correct. (Cf. ↑correct)
2. making few or no errors; precise: »

an accurate observer.

SYNONYM(S): careful.
╂[< Latin accūrātus done with care, past participle of accūrāre take care of < ad- to + cūrāre take care < cūra care]
–ac´cu|rate|ly, adverb.
–ac´cu|rate|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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