Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Accuracy \Ac"cu*ra*cy\ (#; 277), n. [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.

Source : WordNet®

accuracy
     n 1: the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value; "he
          was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass";
          "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" [syn: {truth}]
          [ant: {inaccuracy}]
     2: (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a
        number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure
        time with much greater accuracy"

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

accuracy
     
         How close to the real value a measurement is.
     
        Compare {precision}.
     
        (1998-04-19)