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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  I  have  left  out  the  utmost  precisions  of  fractions. 
  --Locke. 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  precision 
  n  :  the  quality  of  being  precise  in  amount  or  performance;  "he 
  handled  it  with  the  preciseness  of  an  automaton";  "note 
  the  meticulous  precision  of  his  measurements"  [syn:  {preciseness}] 
  [ant:  {impreciseness},  {impreciseness}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  precision 
 
    The  number  of  decimal  places  to  which  a  number 
  is  computed. 
 
  Compare  {accuracy}. 
 
  (1998-04-19)




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