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- Accuracy - n. - 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.
- Gauge - v. t. - To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
- Weight - v. t. - To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
- Discredit - v. t. - To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
- Proof - n. - A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.
- Delineate - v. t. - To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.
- Chronometer - n. - A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.
- Rifle - n. - A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.
- Challenge - n. - To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
- Inaccuracy - n. - The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.
- Sclerometer - n. - An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of hardness of a mineral.
- Target - n. - A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.