precision
IPA: prisˈɪʒʌn
noun
- 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.
- (bridge) 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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Examples of "precision" in Sentences
- Another is the precision of the cut.
- This increases the precision of the remedy.
- The precision of the cutting is in micrometres.
- The precision and accuracy vary with the context.
- Finding somewhere in the middle is precise, and precision is laborious.
- As for precision, I am strongly in favour of the most exacting precision.