Precision
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English
Noun
Precision (countable and uncountable; plural Precisions)- the state of being precise or exact; exactness
- the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently
- (mathematics) the number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably
Adjective
precision
- used for exact or precise measurement
- made, or characterized by accuracy
Adjectives for Precision
academic; calm; classical; scientific; unerring; rigorous; exquisite; passionate; inflexible; finical; rapid; utmost; careless; nauseating; antique; mechanical; geometrical; marvelous; rhythmic; remarkable; military; delighted; mathematical; melancholy; masterly; convincing; grammatical; admirable; meticulous; faithful; deadly; tolerable; delicate; sufficient; faultless; austere; overwhelming.
Verbs for Precision
achieve—; applaud—; commend—; demonstrate—; denote—; disclose—; display—; evince—; exhibit—; lack—; manifest—; reveal—; urge—; —assures; —clarifies.
Thesaurus
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
Etymology
From Middle French précision, corresponding to precise.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪʒən
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