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noun
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the state or quality of being precise.
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accuracy; exactness: to arrive at an estimate with precision.
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mechanical or scientific exactness: a lens ground with precision.
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punctiliousness; strictness: precision in one's business dealings.
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of, pertaining to, or characterized by precision: precision swimming; precision instruments for aircraft.
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Precision
is always a great word to know.
So is common multiple. Does it mean:
| a number that is a multiple of all the numbers of a given set |
| two quantities having the same or a constant ratio or relation |
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Example Sentences
- Technically, Bach was a masterful composer who seemed to approach his art with the precision of a mathematician.
- When that happens, triangulation allows the system to locate the original bolt with precision.
- Such precision farming using satellite-based intelligence is in its infancy.
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Word Origin & History
precision
1630s, from Fr. précision (16c.), from L. praecisionem (nom. praecisio) "a cutting off," from praecisus. (see precise).
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Computing Dictionary
precision definition
mathematicsThe number of decimal places to which a number is computed.
Compare accuracy.
(1998-04-19)
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