Definitions for Correctness
cor·rect·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. correctness, rightnessnoun

   conformity to fact or truth

2. correctnessnoun

   the quality of conformity to social expectations

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. correctnessnoun

   freedom from error

2. correctnessnoun

   conformity to the truth or to fact

3. correctnessnoun

   conformity to recognized standards

4. correctnessnoun

   The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Correctnessnoun

   Accuracy; exactness; freedom from faults.

   Etymology: from correct.

   Too much labour often takes away the spirit, by adding to the polishing; so that there remains nothing but a dull correctness, a piece without any considerable faults, but with few beauties. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   The softness of the flesh, the delicacy of the shape, air and posture, and the correctness of design in this statue, are inexpressible. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   Late, very late, correctness grew our care,
   When the tir’d nation breath’d from civil war. Alexander Pope.

   Those pieces have never before been printed from the true copies, or with any tolerable degree of correctness. Jonathan Swift.

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1. correctness

   Correctness refers to the accuracy, exactness, or validity of something in accordance with a particular standard, specification, or requirement. It implies that something is free from errors, mistakes, or faults and that it aligns with the established rules or principles. In computer science, it often means that a program or algorithm is achieving its desired output or result without causing any unexpected or undesirable behavior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Correctnessnoun

   the state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy

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1. Correctness

   In theoretical computer science, correctness of an algorithm is asserted when it is said that the algorithm is correct with respect to a specification. Functional correctness refers to the input-output behaviour of the algorithm. A distinction is made between total correctness, which additionally requires that the algorithm terminates, and partial correctness, which simply requires that if an answer is returned it will be correct. Since there is no general solution to the halting problem, a total correctness assertion may lie much deeper. A termination proof is a type of mathematical proof that plays a critical role in formal verification because total correctness of an algorithm depends on termination. For example, successively searching through integers 1, 2, 3, … to see if we can find an example of some phenomenon — say an odd perfect number — it is quite easy to write a partially correct program. But to say this program is totally correct would be to assert something currently not known in number theory. A proof would have to be a mathematical proof, assuming both the algorithm and specification are given formally. In particular it is not expected to be a correctness assertion for a given program implementing the algorithm on a given machine. That would involve such considerations as limitations on computer memory.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Correctness in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Correctness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Correctness in a Sentence

1. Tamsyn Manou:

   There's been a lot of people who are scared to come out and say anything because of political correctness.

2. Ed Bridgeman:

   If you see something that is out of place, if it looks wrong, then it probably is, then you have to take the next step to overcome political correctness injected into society and report it.

3. Donald Trump:

   I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct, i've been challenged by so many people and I don't, frankly, have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time, either.

4. Ted Cruz:

   That's why the last thing any commander should need to worry about is the grades he is getting from some plush-bottomed Pentagon bureaucrat for political correctness or social experiments -- or providing gluten-free MREs.

5. Ludwig Von Mises:

   It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine’s correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs to fight it. But it is a proof of the fact that those taking recourse to violent oppression are in their subconscious convinced of the untenability of their own doctrines.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Correctness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Correctness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Correctness
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Correctness
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Correctness
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Correctness