precision

See also: précision and precisión

Contents

English

Etymology

From Middle French precision.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈsɪ.ʒ(ə)n/
• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)

1. The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
2. The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
3. (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.

Derived terms

• arbitrary-precision

Translations

the state of being precise or exact; exactness

• Catalan: precisió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精度 (zh) (jīngdù), 準確度 (zh), 准确度 (zh) (zhǔnquèdù)

• Czech: přesnost (cs) f
• Esperanto: precizeco
• Finnish: täsmällisyys (fi), tarkkuus (fi)
• French: précision (fr)

• German: Präzision (de) f, Genauigkeit (de) f
• Japanese: 精度 (せいど, seido), 正確性 (せいかくせい, seikakusei)
• Portuguese: precisão (pt) f
• Romanian: precizie (ro) f, exactitate (ro) f
• Russian: то́чность (ru) f (tóčnostʹ)
• Spanish: precisión (es) f

the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently

• Finnish: täsmällisyys (fi), tarkkuus (fi)
• Italian: precisione (it) f
• Portuguese: precisão (pt) f

• Romanian: precizie (ro) f
• Russian: то́чность (ru) f (tóčnostʹ)

the number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably

• Finnish: tarkkuus (fi)
• Portuguese: precisão (pt) f

• Russian: то́чность (ru) f (tóčnostʹ)

the consistency of a number in a linear equation

• Finnish: tarkkuus (fi)

• Russian: то́чность (ru) f (tóčnostʹ)

See also

• accuracy

References

• precision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

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

used for exact or precise measurement

• Finnish: täsmä-, tarkkuus- (fi)

• Portuguese: de precisão

made, or characterized by accuracy

• Finnish: tarkkuus- (fi), täsmä-

• Portuguese: de precisão

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• précision

Etymology

First known attestation 1380, borrowed from Latin praecisiō.

Noun

precision f (plural precisions)

1. precision (quality of being precise)

References