fidelity
strict observance of promises, duties, etc.: a servant's fidelity.
loyalty: fidelity to one's country.
conjugal faithfulness.
adherence to fact or detail.
accuracy; exactness: The speech was transcribed with great fidelity.
Audio, Video. the degree of accuracy with which sound or images are recorded or reproduced.
Origin of fidelity
1synonym study For fidelity
Other words for fidelity
5 | precision, faithfulness, rigor, meticulousness |
Opposites for fidelity
Other words from fidelity
- non·fi·del·i·ty, noun
- un·fi·del·i·ty, noun, plural un·fi·del·i·ties.
Words Nearby fidelity
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How to use fidelity in a sentence
To date most companies have struggled to produce quantum processors bearing more than double digit-qubits with fidelity.
IBM plans a huge leap in superfast quantum computing by 2023 | rhhackettfortune | September 15, 2020 | FortuneIt’s also possible to push them into particular states and read those states back out with high fidelity.
A New Startup Intends to Build the World’s First Large-Scale Quantum Computer | Edd Gent | June 22, 2020 | Singularity HubIons flowing in memristors made from unalloyed materials tend to scatter as the components get smaller, meaning the signal loses fidelity and the resulting computations are less reliable.
MIT Wants to Put AI in Your Pocket With Confetti-Sized Brain Chip | Jason Dorrier | June 11, 2020 | Singularity HubWhereas images stored with existing methods tended to lose fidelity over time, the new chip’s images remained crystal clear.
MIT Wants to Put AI in Your Pocket With Confetti-Sized Brain Chip | Jason Dorrier | June 11, 2020 | Singularity HubOne key to this success has been developing fidelity standards.
Policymaking Is Not a Science (Yet) (Ep. 405) | Stephen J. Dubner | February 13, 2020 | Freakonomics
But probably because we co-edited the Deadline Artists anthologies with our friend Jesse Angelo, we feel a fidelity to the form.
If the noble experiment of American democracy is to mean anything, it is fidelity to the principle of freedom.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror | David Keyes | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe doctrines, which drew on the likes of Wilhelm Reich, replaced absolute fidelity with ordained promiscuity.
The Life and Art of Radical Provocateur—and Commune Leader—Otto Muehl | Anthony Haden-Guest | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn contrast to past beliefs, repetition may reduce the fidelity of memory representations.
Repetition Doesn’t Work: Better Ways to Train Your Memory | Gregory Ferenstein | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Cardinals were also required to swear an oath of fidelity to “Blessed Peter in the person of the Supreme Pontiff.”
All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIt makes one believe that fundamentally the country must be sound—that unswerving fidelity to an ideal.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonIts resolution will be put into practice with all fidelity by the executive power in its character of responsible government.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanHis duties as Pipe-master, Hennemann discharged with great fidelity; yea, even with genuine fanatical zeal.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The foresters of Selkirk, as we have seen, had stood by Edward, and apparently had suffered not a little for their fidelity.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
British Dictionary definitions for fidelity
/ (fɪˈdɛlɪtɪ) /
devotion to duties, obligations, etc; faithfulness
loyalty or devotion, as to a person or cause
faithfulness to one's spouse, lover, etc
adherence to truth; accuracy in reporting detail
electronics the degree to which the output of a system, such as an amplifier or radio, accurately reproduces the characteristics of the input signal: See also high fidelity
Origin of fidelity
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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