accuracy|ˈækjʊərəsɪ|[f.accur-ate; see -acy.]The state of being accurate; precision or exactness resulting from care; hence, precision, nicety, exactness, correctness.1662H. MoreAntid. ag. Ath. ii. x. 70 (1712)Which perfect artifice and accuracy might have been omitted.1684R. WallerEss.Nat.Exper.12Experiments that require a greater acuracy.1765HarrisThreeTreat.iii. ii. 186But why then, said I, such Accuracy about Externals.1814ScottWav. (1817) I. ix. 114The garden..seemed to be kept with great accuracy.1824DibdinLibr.Comp.90This edition is executed with particular attention to accuracy.1869HuxleyPhysiol.vii. 204 (ed.3)Accuracy of singing depends upon the precision with which the singer can voluntarily adjust the contractions of the thyro-arytenoid and crico-thyroid muscles.