precision

See also: précision and precisión

English

Etymology

From Middle French precision.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/, [pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩]
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  • 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.
  4. (bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.

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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:
      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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Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

First known attestation 1380, borrowed from Latin praecisiō.[1]

Noun

precision f (plural precisions)

  1. cutting off; act of cutting off

Descendants
  • French: précision
  • → English: precision

References
  1. “precision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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