01 n. The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness.
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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.
-- 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.