inaccuracy

«inaccuracy» in Mova's school dictionary: A mistake or wrong fact in something said, written or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (inaccuracy, inaccuracies; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A mistake or wrong fact in something said, written or measured. tree →

2) Not being exact or correct; the amount by which a measurement is wrong. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science, inaccuracy in measurement comes from rough tools or careless reading; pupils repeat measurements to reduce it. In history and media lessons, they look for inaccuracies in sources and news. Phrases: an inaccuracy in, full of inaccuracies, measurement inaccuracy.

examples

• The teacher found three inaccuracies in my history report. tree →
• The old map was full of inaccuracies. tree →
• We repeated the experiment to reduce inaccuracy. tree →
• The film had many historical inaccuracies. tree →
• The inaccuracy of the cheap scale was about ten grams. tree →
• Check facts carefully to avoid inaccuracies. tree →

note

Countable for each mistake («inaccuracies»), uncountable for the general quality. Adjective «inaccurate»; opposite «accuracy». In maths, inaccuracy can be measured as the difference between your answer and the true value.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «inaccuracy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.