Meaning and example
accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
The passage used "fidelity" to mean accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 2.108 places fidelity in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 98.7% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
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not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
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determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
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expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement
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beguiling but harmful
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provoke the hostility of
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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