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curacy
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Curacy
(gcide) | Curacy \Cu"ra*cy\ (k?"r?-s?), n.; pl. Curacies (-s?z). [See
Cure, Curate.]
The office or employment of a curate.
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curacy
(wn) | curacy
n 1: the position of a curate |
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accuracy
(encz) | accuracy,preciznost n: Zdeněk Brožaccuracy,přesnost accuracy,správnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
inaccuracy
(encz) | inaccuracy,nepřesnost |
Accuracy
(gcide) | 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.
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The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think,
to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy.
--Reid.
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The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides.
--Lardner.
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Curacy
(gcide) | Curacy \Cu"ra*cy\ (k?"r?-s?), n.; pl. Curacies (-s?z). [See
Cure, Curate.]
The office or employment of a curate.
[1913 Webster] Curare |
Inaccuracy
(gcide) | Inaccuracy \In*ac"cu*ra*cy\, n.; pl. Inaccuracies.
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1. The quality of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy or
exactness.
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2. That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault;
defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying,
calculation, etc.
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Perpetual curacy
(gcide) | Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp['e]tuel,
fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,
continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]
Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;
unfailing; everlasting; continuous.
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Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak.
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Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. --Milton.
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Circle of perpetual apparition, or {Circle of perpetual
occultation}. See under Circle.
Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be
adjusted for any month or year.
Perpetual curacy (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the
tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.
--Blackstone.
Perpetual motion. See under Motion.
Perpetual screw. See Endless screw, under Screw.
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Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;
constant; eternal. See Constant.
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Procuracy
(gcide) | Procuracy \Proc"u*ra*cy\, n.; pl. Procuracies. [LL.
procuratia: cf. F. procuratie. See Procuration, and cf,.
Proxy.]
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1. The office or act of a proctor or procurator; management
for another.
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2. Authority to act for another; a proxy. [Obs.]
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accuracy
(wn) | accuracy
n 1: the quality of being near to the true value; "he was
beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the
lawyer questioned the truth of my account" [syn:
accuracy, 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" |
inaccuracy
(wn) | inaccuracy
n 1: the quality of being inaccurate and having errors [ant:
accuracy, truth] |
accuracy
(foldoc) | accuracy
How close to the real value a measurement is.
Compare precision.
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