| accuracy | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. accuracy, truth | 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" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| ~ exactitude, exactness | the quality of being exact.; "he demanded exactness in all details"; "a man of great exactitude" |
| ~ fidelity | accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. accuracy | (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number.; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| precise | | |
| adj. | 1. precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited.; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| ~ distinct | easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined.; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints" |
| ~ exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" |
| ~ specific | (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique.; "rules with specific application"; "demands specific to the job"; "a specific and detailed account of the accident" |
| ~ dead | unerringly accurate.; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim" |
| ~ fine | minutely precise especially in differences in meaning.; "a fine distinction" |
| ~ hairsplitting, finespun | developed in excessively fine detail.; "finespun distinctions" |
| ~ meticulous, punctilious | marked by precise accordance with details.; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette" |
| ~ microscopic | extremely precise with great attention to details.; "examined it with microscopic care" |
| ~ skillful, nice | done with delicacy and skill.; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot" |
| ~ on the button, on the nose | being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion.; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button" |
| ~ very | precisely as stated.; "the very center of town" |
| adj. | 2. accurate, exact, precise | (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct.; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" |
| ~ correct, right | free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth.; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" |
| coincide | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. co-occur, coincide, cooccur | go with, fall together. |
| ~ coexist | exist together. |
| ~ overlap | coincide partially or wholly.; "Our vacations overlap" |
| v. (change) | 2. coincide, concur | happen simultaneously.; "The two events coincided" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (stative) | 3. coincide | be the same.; "our views on this matter coincided" |
| ~ correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
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