D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Accuracy

/(#; 277)/ · Ac·cu·ra·cy · IPA /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/
01 n. The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or mod…
  1. 1.
    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.