Wiktionary

precision

See also: précision and precisión

English

edit

Etymology

edit

From Middle French precision.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
  1. (broadly) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
    Near-synonyms: exactitude, exactness; accuracy
  2. (strictly) The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
    Coordinate term: accuracy (independent property)
    Near-synonyms: repeatability; reproducibility
    The classic example of the difference between precision and accuracy is that in target practice, if the grouping is tight but the group is off-center, your precision is good but your accuracy needs calibration.
  3. (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
  4. (bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.

Derived terms

edit

Translations

edit

See also

edit

Adjective

edit

precision (not comparable)

  1. Used for exact or precise measurement.
  2. Made, or characterized by accuracy.
    • 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley.

Translations

edit

References

edit

Anagrams

edit

Middle French

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

First known attestation 1380, borrowed from Latin praecisiō.[1]

Noun

edit

precision f (plural precisions)

  1. cutting off; act of cutting off

Descendants

edit
  • French: précision
  • → English: precision

References

edit
  1. ^ “precision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

edit
 
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

edit

precision c

  1. precision (preciseness)
  2. precision (of an instrument)
  3. (mathematics) precision

Declension

edit
Declension of precision 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative precision precisionen — —
Genitive precisions precisionens — —

See also

edit

References

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=precision&oldid=80716535"