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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance;
- Example: "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"
- Example: "note the meticulous precision of his measurements"
[syn: preciseness, precision]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Precision \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. [1913 Webster] I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

precision n 1: 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" [syn: preciseness, precision] [ant: impreciseness, imprecision]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

precision The number of decimal places to which a number is computed. Compare accuracy. (1998-04-19)