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precision
/pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
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What does precision mean?
noun
- The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
- The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
- The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.
adjective
- Used for exact or precise measurement.
- Made, or characterized by accuracy.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
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Some of them are unquestionably founded on sound political principles, and all of them are framed with singular ingenuity and precision.
But still they did not come together, and the distance of five feet between them was maintained with an almost mathematical precision.
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Not for it the unerring precision of steel moved by white steam and living by red fire and fed with black coal.
It enables him to focus his powers with exact precision upon the mark against which, or upon which, his will is directed.
Though unable to speak with certainty or precision, I am inclined to look upon these devourers of Scarabaeus-grubs as valiant agricultural auxiliaries.