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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