correctness

correctness

English

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Etymology

From correct +‎ -ness

Noun

correctness (usually uncountable, plural correctnesses)

1. freedom from error
2. conformity to the truth or to fact
3. conformity to recognized standards
4. (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 or f

Persian: درستی‎ (fa) (dorosti) Romanian: corectitudine (ro) Russian: пра́вильность (ru) f (právilʹnostʹ) Spanish: corrección (es) f Swedish: korrekthet (sv) c

conformity to the truth or to fact

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

Latvian: pareizība f, pareizums m Russian: ве́рность (ru) f (vérnostʹ), пра́вильность (ru) f (právilʹnostʹ)

conformity to recognized standards

Latvian: pareizība f, pareizums m

Russian: корре́ктность (ru) f (korréktnostʹ)

computing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification

German: Korrektheit f

Russian: корре́ктность (ru) f (korréktnostʹ)