correctness
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correctness
noun correctnesses
- Freedom from error. As a demonstration, we first establish the correctness of the Jacobian matrices for kinetic models of hydrogen, methane, ethylene, and isopentanol oxidation, then demonstrate the performance achievable on CPUs and GPUs using pyJac via matrix evaluation timing comparisons..
- Conformity to the truth or to fact.
- Conformity to recognized standards. I mean, people who talk about political correctness as being a kind of thought police have no idea of what a thought police is. But political correctness does have the same mentality. It means that intellectual argument is doomed. Objective truth simply becomes a thing to jeer at, because obviously
- The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.
Opposite: incorrectness
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Closest in meaning: rightness, right, rectitude, rigour, honesty, truthfulness, fairness, veracity, accurate, precision, exactness, truth, accuracy, soundness, regularity, propriety
noun
Opposite: incorrectness
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noun freedom from error
| Español | corrección |
|---|---|
| Français | exactitude, justesse |
| Deutsch | Richtigkeit, Korrektheit |
| Italiano | correttezza |
| Ελληνικά | ορθότητα orthótita |
| Română | corectitudine |
| Русский | пра́вильность právilʹnostʹ |
noun conformity to the truth or to fact
| Français | exactitude, véracité |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Richtigkeit |
| Italiano | correttezza |
| Ελληνικά | ορθότητα orthótita |
| Русский | ве́рность vérnostʹ, пра́вильность právilʹnostʹ |
noun conformity to recognized standards
| Español | correctitud |
|---|---|
| Italiano | correttezza |
| Русский | корре́ктность korréktnostʹ |
noun computing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification
| Deutsch | Korrektheit |
|---|---|
| Русский | корре́ктность korréktnostʹ |
Talk about this word "correctness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/correctness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. correctness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/correctness "correctness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/correctness.Cite this
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title = {correctness},
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