The phrase "accurate to third" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression, possibly intended to refer to "accurate to the third decimal place" or "accurate to the third significant figure."
Example: "The measurements must be accurate to the third decimal place to ensure precision in the calculations."
Alternatives: "precise to three decimal places" or "exact to the third significant figure."
If the bomb is to detonate properly, these parts must have just the right dimensions, and there must be a firing circuit accurate to billionths of a second.
We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the monotonicity of finite volume discretizations and use these conditions to construct a monotone finite volume discretization accurate to second-order.
This symplectic algorithm is accurate to fourth order in the time step and preserves exactly the Poincaré-Cartan integral invariants associated with the topology of the phase flow.
The scheme is of Godunov-type in both explicit and implicit regimes, is in a strict conservation form, and is accurate to second-order in both space and time for all Courant numbers.
The scheme was proposed by Fryxellet al. (J. Comput. Phys.63,283 (1986)), is of the Godunov-type in both explicit and implicit regimes, is conservative, and is accurate to second order in both space and time for all Courant numbers.
We compute series expansions for the observables that are accurate to second order in the ratio ε= / E of the angle subtended by the lens's gravitational radius to the weak-deflection Einstein radius, which scales with mass as ε M1/2.
The most accurate timekeeping devices are atomic clocks, which are accurate to seconds in many millions of years, and are used to calibrate other clocks and timekeeping instruments.
We can also expand Equation 3 to second order in s ^ and obtain another estimator for s, accurate to second order: s ^ = k 1 − k 1 2 − 4 k 2 (f T − f 0 ) 2 k 2 + O (s ^ 3 ), where k i = ∑ t = 0 T − 1 (f t ) i (1 − f t ).
Beidou - which translates as the Plough, or Big Dipper - promises to offer civilian users positioning information correct to the nearest 10m, measure speeds within 0.2m per second, and provide clock synchronisation signals accurate to 0.02 millionths of a second.
After all, if you need to calculate something to the seventh decimal place, but the printed version is only accurate to the third, you're going to run into trouble.
François Vernotte, who ran the observatory for 10 years after its reopening, displayed the operation of the old meridian telescope, which looks like a cannon but is, in fact, accurate "to one-tenth of a second," he said.
