accurate
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
accurate
- Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
- an accurate calculator
- an accurate measure
- accurate knowledge
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page x:
- For more than 90% of the figures (mostly drawn during 1976-1990), either a scale, or the given magnification, will allow the user to derive accurate measurements, even when these are lacking in the diagnosis.
- Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
- My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.
- (obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
- French: précis, exact
- German: genau, präzise, exakt
- Portuguese: preciso, exato, acurado, justo, certeiro
- Russian: то́чный
- Spanish: preciso, exacto, justo, correcto, certero
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