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Noun: precision  pri'si-zhun
  1. The quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
    "note the meticulous precision of his measurements";
    - preciseness
     
  2. The state or degree of being precise; the quality of having high accuracy and consistency
    "he demanded precision in all details";
    - exactness, exactitude, accuracy
     
  3. (mathematics) the number of significant digits to which a number is calculated or can be measured reliably
    "The scientist reported the results to three decimal places of precision"

Sounds like: precisian

Derived forms: precisions

Type of: accuracy, truth, veracity

Antonym: imprecision

Encyclopedia: Precision