(n.) The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.
(n.) That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) For data sampled at a high rate (approximately 200 Hz) pupil velocity deviations from zero can simply be used, giving a satisfactory inaccuracy of about 5 ms. For data sampled at a low rate (less than 50 Hz), e.g.
(2) To estimate inaccuracy in a diarrhoea recall survey mothers of pre-school children in Teknaf, Bangladesh were interviewed every week from July 1980 through June 1983.
(3) In 4 (2 micro and 2 macro) of these 8 inaccuracies, the error ranged from 10% to 22%.
(4) These inherent inaccuracies, in many cases exceeding 50%, are much greater than those calculated from ideal Gaussian profiles.
(5) Further, he suggests that there are theoretical reasons why one could expect that one set of circumstances--those which typically apply in the short-term emergency commitment of mentally ill persons predicted to be imminently violent--may be exempt from the systematic inaccuracy found in the current research.
(6) The inaccuracy in the detector placement at the fourth intercostal space gives rise to only a small error in the direction of the detected magnetic heart vector.
(7) Initial barium enema inaccuracies were documented with postendoscopic air-contrast radiography in colons that were endoscopically proved to be mechanically clean following a two-day colon preparation.
(8) It is proposed that the dyslexic children had automatised movement patterns linked to spelling equivalent to their same age peers but that these patterns were built on accumulated inaccuracies in both letter formation and spelling.
(9) This inaccuracy is due to ignorance about the importance of mortality statistics and ICD.
(10) Some suggestions for reducing these high levels of inaccuracy are that papers scheduled for publication with errors of citation should be returned to the author and checked completely and a permanent column specifically for misquotations could be inserted into the journal.
(11) There has long been evidence of frequent inaccuracy of death certificates, with significant discordance between such designations and clinical and autopsy data.
(12) Estimation of mitral valve area (MVA) in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is prone to pitfalls because of the time required for calculations and inaccuracies in the measurement of cardiac output.
(13) For 51Cr-EDTA total plasma clearance greater than 30 ml.min-1, the results which most approximated the reference source were obtained by the Christensen and Groth method at a sampling time of 300 min (inaccuracy of 4.9%).
(14) Using the "Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Imaging Technique", the author has been able to accurately localize meridians and acupuncture points that correspond to specific internal organs and has found that most general patterns of meridians and the number of acupuncture points on each of the meridians of specific internal organs of the 12 main internal organs described in the literature of ancient Chinese medicine, are more or less correct, with the exception of some variations and inaccuracies.
(15) Intermittent or inadequate discharge of bacteria from the renal parenchyma is suggested as the major source for this inaccuracy.
(16) The inaccuracy in latency was measured as a function of stimulation level.
(17) At lower levels the results were somewhat more erratic due to inaccuracies of the various methods at low concentrations.
(18) The computational issues investigated were (1) computation of the regularization parameter; (2) effects of inaccuracy in locating the position of the heart; and (3) incorporation of a priori information on the properties of epicardial potentials into the regularization methodology.
(19) How a society deals with disability and employment, both helping people into work and protecting those unable to work, reflects its moral core – whether it opts for evidence, fairness and support, or the current methods of inaccuracy, targets and abandonment.
(20) This paper elucidates their mutual relationship and corrects biographical inaccuracies concerning George Huntington and George Sumner Huntington.
(1) Carney's initial denials of interest in the job were not, as has been reported in some places, what Winston Churchill (a former chancellor) called "terminological inexactitudes", or plain lies.
(2) I apologise for that, obviously that was an inexactitude,” welped host Bill O’Herlihy.
(3) The result of this study will probably be to erode the classification "Tropical Neuropathy", which already displays inexactitudes in long term studies because of the discovery of a significant number of degenerative etiologies wrongly included in the past.
(4) The method-inherent uncertainties always produce an "inexactitude" of varying degree.
(5) In recognition of the many inexactitudes involved in cutting donor corneal discs, a new instrument is here described which should help to eliminate many of then, and its mode of use is outlined.
(6) Inexactitudes in the working out of the arithmetic formulae may easily be explained by a certain degree of concealed conduction of blocked activation in one zone or more rarely by hisian extrasystoles.
(7) Sources of error include (1) a variable assortment of diagnostic studies performed, (2) inexactitudes inherent in the diagnostic measures employed, (3) insufficient corroboration by surgical and pathologic staging, (4) the lack of a satisfactory means for detecting micrometastases, and (5) a generalized confusion regarding the multiple classifications available for clinical staging.
(8) Practically, this inexactitude is within the error range of the method.
(9) We feel that Reflotron is useful for primary care due to its good accuracy and linearity regarding the reference method, but its inexactitud should be taken into account.
(10) HFA ideas will definitely work, say the proponents; if only we can objectively analyse the meaning and import of HFA, we could select what is feasible and reject the rest, advise the sceptics; HFA, insist the conservative and radical sceptics, is a terminological hotch-potch loaded with so many inexactitudes that the idea lacks direction, feasibility and acceptability even among the ranks of the majority of its proponents.
(11) O’Herlihy, who began covering the World Cup for RTE in 1978 and is set to retire after the tournament, gasped, then immediately informed Dunphy he was on air before saying: “I apologise for that, obviously that was an inexactitude.” Following an ad break, O’Herily addressed viewers and said: “Now before the game you might have heard an unfortunate word so I’ll hand you over to Eamon.” Dunphy said: “I’d just like to apologise to anybody.