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  2. Accuracy and precision - Wikipedia

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    While precision is a description of random errors (a measure of statistical variability), accuracy has two different definitions: More commonly, a description of systematic errors (a measure of statistical bias of a given measure of central tendency, such as the mean). In this definition of "accuracy", the concept is independent of "precision ...

  3. Lagom - Wikipedia

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    The word can be variously translated as ' in moderation ', ' in balance ', ' perfect-simple ', ' just enough ', ' ideal ' and ' suitable ' (in matter of amounts). Whereas words like sufficient and average suggest some degree of abstinence, scarcity, or failure, lagom carries the connotation of appropriateness, although not necessarily perfection.

  4. Glossary - Wikipedia

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    A bilingual glossary is a list of terms in one language defined in a second language or glossed by synonyms (or at least near-synonyms) in another language. In a general sense, a glossary contains explanations of concepts relevant to a certain field of study or action. In this sense, the term is related to the notion of ontology.

  5. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  6. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    mass balance. Also called material balance. An application of the law of conservation of mass to the analysis of physical systems. mass density See density. mass flux The rate of mass flow per unit area. The common symbols are j, J, φ, or Φ, sometimes with subscript m to indicate mass is the flowing quantity. Its SI units are kg s−1 m−2.

  7. Glossary of mathematical jargon - Wikipedia

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    The language of mathematics has a wide vocabulary of specialist and technical terms. It also has a certain amount of jargon: commonly used phrases which are part of the culture of mathematics, rather than of the subject.

  8. Aequitas - Wikipedia

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    The goddess is holding her symbols, the balance and the cornucopia. Aequitas (genitive aequitatis) is the Latin concept of justice, equality, conformity, symmetry, or fairness. [1] It is the origin of the English word "equity". [2] [3] In ancient Rome, it could refer to either the legal concept of equity, [4] or fairness between individuals. [5]

  9. Exactness - Wikipedia

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