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Precision

Precision Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Precision? [n] the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision of his measurements" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Precision: preciseness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Precision: absoluteness \| accuracy \| allocation \| assignment \| attention \| attention to detail \| attention to fact \| attribution \| care \| care for truth \| carefulness \| censoriousness \| choosiness \| circumstantiality \| conscientiousness \| correctness \| criticality \| criticalness \| definiteness \| delicacy \| denomination \| designation \| detail \| determination \| discriminatingness \| discrimination \| discriminativeness \| exactingness \| exactitude \| exactness \| explicitness \| exquisiteness \| faithfulness \| fastidiousness \| faultlessness \| fidelity \| fineness \| finicality \| finicalness \| finickiness \| finickingness \| fixing \| flawlessness \| fussiness \| heed \| literalism \| literality \| literalness \| mathematical precision \| meticulousness \| minuteness \| niceness \| nicety \| particularity \| particularness \| perfection \| perfectionism \| pinning down \| preciseness \| precisianism \| priggishness \| prudishness \| punctilio \| punctiliousness \| punctuality \| purism \| puritanism \| refinement \| right \| rightness \| rigidity \| rigidness \| rigor \| rigorousness \| scrupulosity \| scrupulousness \| selection \| selectiveness \| selectivity \| sensitivity \| severity \| signification \| specification \| stipulation \| strictness \| subtlety \| taste \| textualism \| the letter \| unambiguousness \| unerringness See Also \| exactitude \| exactness Precision In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*ci"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]cision, L. praecisio a cutting off. See {Precise}.] The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness. I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions. --Locke. Syn: Preciseness; exactness; accuracy; nicety. Usage: {Precision}, {Preciseness}. Precision is always used in a good sense; as, precision of thought or language; precision in military evolutions. Preciseness is sometimes applied to persons or their conduct in a disparaging sense, and precise is often used in the same way.

Precision Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Precision?

[n] the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision of his measurements"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Precision: preciseness

See Also | exactitude | exactness

Precision In Webster's Dictionary

\Pre*ci"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]cision, L. praecisio a
cutting off. See {Precise}.]
The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation;
exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a
standard; definiteness.

      I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions.
                                               --Locke.

Syn: Preciseness; exactness; accuracy; nicety.

Usage: {Precision}, {Preciseness}. Precision is always used
       in a good sense; as, precision of thought or language;
       precision in military evolutions. Preciseness is
       sometimes applied to persons or their conduct in a
       disparaging sense, and precise is often used in the
       same way.

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