Word of the Day June 29, 2022 [archive]

Princeton's WordNet

1. fidelity(noun)

   accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal

2. fidelity, faithfulness(noun)

   the quality of being faithful

Wiktionary

1. fidelity(Noun)

   faithfulness to one's duties

2. fidelity(Noun)

   accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact

3. fidelity(Noun)

   loyalty, especially to one's spouse

4. fidelity(Noun)

   the degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input.

Origin: 15th century, from fidélité from fidelitas, from fidelis, from fides (English faith), from bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of bʰeydʰ- (English bide).

Wikipedia

1. Fidelity

   Fidelity is the quality of faithfulness or loyalty. Its original meaning regarded duty in a broader sense than the related concept of fealty. Both derive from the Latin word fidēlis, meaning "faithful or loyal". In the City of London financial markets it has traditionally been used in the sense encompassed in the motto "My word is my bond".

Webster Dictionary

1. Fidelity(noun)

   faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations

2. Fidelity(noun)

   adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty

3. Fidelity(noun)

   adherence to the marriage contract

4. Fidelity(noun)

   adherence to truth; veracity; honesty

Freebase

1. Fidelity

   Fidelity is the quality of being faithful or loyal. Its original meaning regarded duty to a lord or a king, in a broader sense than the related concept of fealty. Both derive from the Latin word fidēlis, meaning "faithful or loyal". In modern human relationships, the term can refer to sexual monogamy. In western culture this often means adherence to marriage vows, or of promises of exclusivity or monogamy, and an absence of adultery. However, some people do not equate fidelity in personal relationships with sexual or emotional monogamy. Often, however, women in the works of Shakespeare are associated with it in a negative sense, such as "She is with little fidelity". For example, Bertram accuses Helena of having "little fidelity" in All's Well That Ends Well. Fidelity also denotes how accurate a copy is to its source. For example, a worn gramophone record will have a lower fidelity than one in good condition, and a recording made by a low budget record company in the early 20th century is likely to have significantly less audio fidelity than a good modern recording. In the 1950s, the terms "high fidelity" or "hi-fi" were popularized for equipment and recordings which exhibited more accurate sound reproduction. The converse term "lo-fi", doesn't necessarily mean "low fidelity", rather that the production ethic aims for "gritty authenticity" over perfect production. Similarly in electronics, fidelity refers to the correspondence of the output signal to the input signal, rather than sound quality.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

1. Fidelity

   fi-del′i-ti, n. faithful performance of duty: faithfulness to a husband or wife: honesty: firm adherence. [L. fidelitat-em—fidelis, faithful—fidĕre, to trust.]

Matched Categories

1. • Accuracy
   • Quality

How to pronounce fidelity?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say fidelity in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fidelity in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fidelity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of fidelity in a Sentence

1. Robert Benchley:

   A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

2. Thomas Troward:

   The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind. With the utmost fidelity it reproduces and works out to its final consequences whatever the objective mind impresses upon it.

3. Melissa Murray:

   She was meeting a minimal constitutional requirement : providing defense to those who are in the criminal justice system and who are unable to afford defense, to me, that suggests fidelity to the rule of law, not necessarily soft on crime.

4. Link Starbureiy:

   The word 'natural' implies that artificiality is following an algorithm with strict fidelity.

5. Elizabeth Ochoa:

   Every person has different levels of comfort with closeness and distance to each other, if both people are comfortable with living apart, it can work well—but if there is a mismatch, based on fears about abandonment, trust, or fidelity, then living apart will strain the relationship.

• ولاء - إخلاصArabic
• точност, преданост, вярност, прецизностBulgarian
• Treue, Redlichkeit, GenauigkeitGerman
• fidelidadSpanish
• toistokyky, lojaalius, täsmällisyys, tarkkuus, uskollisuusFinnish
• dílseachtIrish
• fidelidadeGalician
• נאמנות, דיוק, נאמנות למקורHebrew
• ragaszkodás, pontosság, hűségHungarian
• kesetiaanIndonesian
• tryggðIcelandic
• fedeltàItalian
• 忠実Japanese
• fidem,Latin
• wiernośćPolish
• fidelidade, lealdadePortuguese
• fidelitateRomanian
• качество, верность, точность, лояльностьRussian
• trohet, plikttrohet, exakthet, fidelitetSwedish
• நம்பகTamil
• sadık, sadakatTurkish
• 忠誠Chinese