correctness

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Etymology

From correct +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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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

Derived terms

• conservative correctness
• const correctness
• hyper-correctness
• patriotic correctness
• political correctness
• politically correctness

 

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 (de) f
• Latvian: pareizība f, pareizums m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: riktighet m or f

• Ottoman Turkish: صواب‎ (savab)
• 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

• Finnish: oikeellisuus (fi)
• 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

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

computing: state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification

• Finnish: virheettömyys (fi)
• German: Korrektheit (de) f
• Russian: корре́ктность (ru) f (korréktnostʹ)