correctness

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noun

Freedom from error.

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Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

nouncorrectness (usually uncountable, plural correctnesses)

plural correctnesses

  1. uncountableusuallyFreedom 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..

    2016, Kyle E. Niemeyer, Nicholas J. Curtis, Chih-Jen Sung, “pyJac: analytical Jacobian generator for chemical kinetics”, in arXiv
  2. uncountableusuallyConformity to the truth or to fact.
  3. uncountableusuallyConformity to recognized standards.
    1 more example

    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 there's no such thing as objectivity—unless of course you're politically okay, in which case you can be objective. Any child can see through that, but many adults can't.

    2002 October 28, Christopher Hitchens, “The Power of Facing”, in The Atlantic
  4. uncountableusuallycomputingThe state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounconformity to fact or truth

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Broader

nounthe quality of conformity to social expectations

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Translations

Czech správnost
  • správnostfreedom from error
Dutch correctheid, juistheid
  • correctheidfreedom from error
  • juistheidfreedom from error
Finnish virheettömyys, oikeellisuus
  • virheettömyysfreedom from error
  • oikeellisuusconformity to the truth or to fact
  • standardinmukaisuusconformity to recognized standards
  • virheettömyyscomputing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification
French exactitude, justesse
  • exactitudefreedom from error
  • justessefreedom from error
  • exactitudeconformity to the truth or to fact
  • véracitéconformity to the truth or to fact
German Richtigkeit, Korrektheit
  • Richtigkeitfreedom from error
  • Korrektheitfreedom from error
  • Richtigkeitconformity to the truth or to fact
  • Korrektheitcomputing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification
Greek ορθότητα, ορθότητα
  • ορθότητα (orthótita)freedom from error
  • ορθότητα (orthótita)conformity to the truth or to fact
Irish cruinneas
  • cruinneasfreedom from error
Italian correttezza, correttezza
  • correttezzafreedom from error
  • correttezzaconformity to the truth or to fact
  • correttezzaconformity to recognized standards
Latvian pareizība, pareizums
  • pareizībafreedom from error
  • pareizumsfreedom from error
  • pareizībaconformity to the truth or to fact
  • pareizumsconformity to the truth or to fact
  • pareizībaconformity to recognized standards
  • pareizumsconformity to recognized standards
Norwegian Bokmål riktighet
  • riktighetfreedom from error
Persian درستی
  • درستی (dorosti)freedom from error
Romanian corectitudine
  • corectitudinefreedom from error
Russian пра́вильность, ве́рность
  • пра́вильность (právilʹnostʹ)freedom from error
  • ве́рность (vérnostʹ)conformity to the truth or to fact
  • пра́вильность (právilʹnostʹ)conformity to the truth or to fact
  • корре́ктность (korréktnostʹ)conformity to recognized standards
  • корре́ктность (korréktnostʹ)computing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification
Spanish corrección, correctitud
  • correcciónfreedom from error
  • correctitudconformity to recognized standards
Swedish korrekthet
  • korrekthetfreedom from error
Ukrainian пра́вильність, пра́вильність
  • пра́вильність (právylʹnistʹ)freedom from error
  • пра́вильність (právylʹnistʹ)conformity to the truth or to fact
  • коре́ктність (koréktnistʹ)conformity to recognized standards
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“correctness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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