precision
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle French precision.
Pronunciation- IPA: /pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/, [pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩]
precision
- (broadly) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
- Near-synonyms: exactitude, exactness; accuracy
- (strictly) The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
- Coordinate term: accuracy (independent property)
- Near-synonyms: repeatability; reproducibility
- The classic example of the difference between precision and accuracy is that in target practice, if the grouping is tight but the group is off-center, your precision is good but your accuracy needs calibration.
- (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
- (bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.
- French: précision
- German: Präzision, Genauigkeit
- Portuguese: precisão
- Russian: то́чность
- Spanish: exactitud, precisión
- German: Präzision, Messpräzision, Wiederholgenauigkeit
- Italian: precisione
- Portuguese: precisão
- Russian: то́чность
- Russian: то́чность
precision (not comparable)
- Used for exact or precise measurement.
- Made, or characterized by accuracy.
- Portuguese: de precisão
- Portuguese: de precisão
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