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olivortex
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Message 241 of 249 (496605)
01-29-2009 9:19 AM
Reply to: Message 240 by prophet
01-28-2009 7:25 PM


Re: Correct terminology (again)
I guess "accuracy" tends to mean precision, exactness, correctness, exactitude. Science is generally running after this. Ambiguity can come from the opposition between two different interpretations of an observation, and also from the potential complexity of the subject being studied.

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olivortex
Member (Idle past 4798 days)
Posts: 70
From: versailles, france
Joined: 01-28-2009


Message 243 of 249 (496984)
01-31-2009 7:00 PM
Reply to: Message 242 by Rrhain
01-31-2009 5:56 AM


Thanks for your PRECISION
I guess my understanding of english will improve thanks to people like you, on this forum. Sometimes it gets way too technical for me, but it can't be useless!
It is true that accurate is not necessarily precise and vice versa. It's a bit like the quality/quantity relationship. By the way i must eat something not too big but good before i go to sleep.
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