accuracy (noun)

  • 21home truth — noun an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself) • Hypernyms: ↑truth * * * noun 1. : an unpleasant fact that jars the sensibilities home truths demand utterance but not in a scolding voice or a tone edged with… …

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  • 22scientific notation — noun : a method of expressing a number by giving only the significant figures within particular limits of accuracy and indicating multiplication by the proper power of 10 (as in 1.591 (10) 20) * * * a method for expressing a given quantity as a… …

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  • 23audit trail — noun : a record of a sequence of events (as actions performed by a computer) from which a history of those events may be reconstructed * * * 1. Accounting. the process or an instance of cross referring each bookkeeping entry to its source in… …

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  • 24double check — noun something that checks the correctness of a previous check • Syn: ↑countercheck • Derivationally related forms: ↑double check • Hypernyms: ↑assay, ↑check * * * noun Etymolog …

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  • 25rough cut — noun the first print of a movie after preliminary editing • Hypernyms: ↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture, ↑moving picture, ↑moving picture show, ↑motion picture, ↑motion picture show, ↑picture show, ↑ …

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  • 26degree — noun 1 measurement of angles VERB + DEGREE ▪ rotate, spin, turn ▪ I turned the wheel 90 degrees, PREPOSITION ▪ through … degrees ▪ …

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  • 27timekeeper — noun 1》 a person who records the amount of time taken by a process or activity. 2》 a person regarded in terms of their punctuality.     ↘a watch or clock regarded in terms of its accuracy. 3》 archaic a clock. Derivatives timekeeping noun …

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  • 28bevel square — noun a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size • Syn: ↑bevel • Hypernyms: ↑hand tool * * * noun see bevel II, 2 * * * an adjustable tool used by woodworkers for laying out angles… …

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  • 29hearsay rule — noun a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness • Hypernyms: ↑rule of evidence * * * noun : a rule barring the admission of hearsay evidence as testimony by reason of the unavailability of the… …

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  • 30internal control — noun an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc. • Topics: ↑accounting • Hypernyms: ↑control • Hyponyms: ↑inventory control,… …

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