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An accurate measurement is one which is close to the true or accepted value. An accepted value’ comes from the work of many scientists who have measured that value, agreed with it and published the value. We can refer to a textbook, data tables, or the Internet to find these values.
(However, we need to be critical of Internet sources. Internet sources must always be checked for authenticity and bias.)