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Exactness

The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.

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Accuracy 76% connected

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precis…

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Truth 76% connected

The quality or being true; as: -- (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.

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Minuteness 76% connected

The quality of being minute.

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Precision 76% connected

The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness.

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Trueness 76% connected

The quality of being true; reality; genuineness; faithfulness; sincerity; exactness; truth.

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A1 noun · 86% connection

Paper size, 594 x 841 mm.

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Accessibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being at hand when needed

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Availability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being at hand when needed

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Availableness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being at hand when needed

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Convenience noun · 86% connection

the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"

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Fidelity noun · 86% connection

accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal

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Handiness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being at hand when needed

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Patness noun · 86% connection

timely convenience

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Preciseness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous…

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Rigor noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Rigour noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Timeliness noun · 86% connection

timely convenience

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Validity noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Accurate adjective · 78% connection

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or…

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Accurateness noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

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Cad noun · 78% connection

software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing

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Check verb · 78% connection

examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"

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Computer-aided design noun · 78% connection

software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing

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Curiosity noun · 78% connection

The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.

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Curious adjective · 78% connection

Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.

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Daintiness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.

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Define verb · 78% connection

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical inst…

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Definitely adverb · 78% connection

In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.

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Definiteness noun · 78% connection

The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.

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Definition noun · 78% connection

Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.

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