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Webster 1828 Edition

Correctness

CORRECTNESS

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Noun.

1.

Conformity to truth, justice, or propriety; as the correctness of opinions, of judgment, or of manners.

2.

Conformity to settled usages or rules; as correctness in writing or speaking.

3.

Conformity to a copy or original; as the correctness of a book.

4.

Conformity to established rules of taste or proportion; as the correctness of design in painting, sculpture or architecture.

Definition 2024

correctness

correctness

English

Noun

correctness ‎(usually uncountable, plural correctnesses)

freedom from error
conformity to the truth or to fact
conformity to recognized standards
(computing) The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.

Antonyms

incorrectness

Translations

freedom from error

Czech: správnost f
Dutch: correctheid (nl) f, juistheid (nl) f
Finnish: virheettömyys (fi)
French: conformité, exactitude
German: Richtigkeit (de) f, Korrektheit f
Latvian: pareizība f, pareizums m

Norwegian:
Bokmål: riktighet m, f
Persian: درستی (fa) ‎(dorosti)
Romanian: corectitudine (ro)
Spanish: corrección (es) f
Swedish: korrekthet c

conformity to the truth or to fact

French: véracité (fr) f
German: Richtigkeit (de) f

Latvian: pareizība f, pareizums m

conformity to recognized standards

Latvian: pareizība f, pareizums m

computing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification

German: Korrektheit f