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

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

conformity to recognized standards

• Latvian: pareizība f, pareizums m
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• Russian: корре́ктность (ru) f (korréktnostʹ)

computing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification

• German: Korrektheit f
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• Russian: корре́ктность (ru) f (korréktnostʹ)