EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French precision.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɪʒən
NounEdit
precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)
- 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.
TranslationsEdit
the state of being precise or exact; exactness
the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently
the number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably
the consistency of a number in a linear equation
AdjectiveEdit
precision (not comparable)
- Used for exact or precise measurement.
- Made, or characterized by accuracy.
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2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, BBC Sport:
- But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley.
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TranslationsEdit
used for exact or precise measurement
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Middle FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
First known attestation 1380, borrowing from Latin praecisiō[1].
NounEdit
precision f (plural precisions)
- precision (quality of being precise)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “precision” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).