Meaning

4 senses
  1. (broadly, countable, uncountable)The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.

    Near-synonyms: exactitude, exactness; accuracy

    Präzision, Genauigkeit

    то́чностьtóčnostʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.

    Near-synonyms: repeatability; reproducibility

    Präzision, Messpräzision, Wiederholgenauigkeit

    то́чностьtóčnostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.

    то́чностьtóčnostʹ, то́чностьtóčnostʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.

More definitions
  • the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

Examples

43 sentences
  1. Let's not mistake precision for accuracy.

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  2. Tom always speaks with robotic precision.

    ruТом всегда говорит с точностью машины.

    deTom spricht immer mit robotischer Präzision.

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  3. He did everything with military precision.

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  4. He hit the target with precision.

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  5. He completed the task with precision.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the state of being precise or exact; exactness:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the state of being precise or exact; exactness:
the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently:

Origin

From Middle French precision. Equivalent to precise + -ion.

From Middle French precision. Equivalent to precise + -ion.

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