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Webster 1913 Edition


Precision

Pre-ci′sion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
précision
, 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.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Precision

PRECI'SION

,
Noun.
s as z. [L. proecisio.] Exact limitation; exactness; accuracy. Precision in the use of words is a prime excellence in discourse; it is indispensable in controversy, in legal instruments and in mathematical calculations. Neither perspicuity nor precision should be sacrificed to ornament.

Definition 2024


precisión

precisión

See also: precision and précision

Spanish

Noun

precisión f (plural precisiones)

  1. precision

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