English Explanatory Dictionary

precision

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
  2. The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
  3. The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
  4. A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.
adj
  1. Used for exact or precise measurement.
  2. Made, or characterized by accuracy.

Pronunciation

/pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/ [pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precision.wav /pɹəˈsəʒ.ən/ [pɹəˈsəʒ.n̩]

Word forms

precision precisions

Etymology

From Middle French precision. Equivalent to precise + -ion.

Synonyms

exactitude exactness accuracy nicety repeatability reproducibility

Related words

accuracy

Derived words

arbitrary-precision arbitrary-precision arithmetic double-precision double precision high-precision hyperprecision imprecision multiprecision non-precision approach overprecision precision agriculture precisional precision approach precision dice precision die precision F-strike precisionism precisionist precisionize precision medicine pseudoprecision quadruple-precision single-precision ultraprecision underprecision

Translations

Finnish: tarkkuus Polish: dokładność Russian: то́чность
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