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Definition of Fidelity

1. Noun. Accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal.

Definition of Fidelity

1. n. Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.

Definition of Fidelity

1. Noun. faithfulness to one's duties ¹

2. Noun. accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact ¹

3. Noun. loyalty, especially to one's spouse ¹

4. Noun. the degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fidelity

1. loyalty [n -TIES] - See also: loyalty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fidelity

Literary usage of Fidelity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"From 1887 to 1890 Includes Abstr. of accident, fidelity and ... Table of risks, premiums, and losses of fidelity and casualty insurance cos., ..."

2. Réflexions sur l'espèce en histoire naturelle, 1842 by Hans Falkenhagen, Ronald Percy Bell, Norman Holt Hartshorne, Alan Stuart, Eric John Holmyard, Alexander Moritzi, Thomas Hodgkin (1899)
"Missi Dominici: Oath of fidelity. for the first time of his great institution of missi domi- BK. ix. nici, men who were, so to speak, the staff-officers of ..."

3. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"All were as yet unshaken in their fidelity to Rome. No doubt this fidelity was due in part to the character of the Roman government, which was not unjust or ..."

4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1900)
"WATERTOWN fidelity MEN. By RUTH WOOD I '.MC, Л.В., Boston, Mass. AT a County Court held at Charlestown, Dec. 18, 1677. A list of the names of about 80 of ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
""(4) What amount, if any, is the plaintiff entitled to recover of the American Bonding Company of Baltimore on account of Its general fidelity bond herein ..."

6. Narratives of Early Maryland, 1633-1684 by Clayton Colman Hall (1910)
"Following the letters is the text2 of the oath of fidelity required of grantees of land, with an explanatory note pointing out the differences between this ..."

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