precision

See also: précision and precisión

English

Etymology

From Middle French precision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/, [pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩]

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

accuracy and precision

Wikipedia

1. (loosely) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.

   Near-synonyms: exactitude, exactness; accuracy

2. (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.

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.

Synonyms

• exactitude

Derived terms

• arbitrary-precision
• arbitrary-precision arithmetic
• double-precision
• double precision
• high-precision
• non-precision approach
• precision agriculture
• precision approach
• precision dice
• precision die
• precision F-strike
• precision medicine
• quadruple-precision
• single-precision

Translations

the state of being precise or exact; exactness

Bulgarian: точност (bg) f (točnost) Catalan: precisió (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 精度 (zh) (jīngdù), 準確度 / 准确度 (zh) (zhǔnquèdù) Czech: přesnost (cs) f Dutch: precisie (nl) f Esperanto: precizeco Finnish: täsmällisyys (fi), tarkkuus (fi) French: précision (fr) German: Präzision (de) f, Genauigkeit (de) f Greek: Ancient: ἀκρίβεια f (akríbeia) Icelandic: nákvæmni (is) f Irish: cruinneas m Japanese: 精度 (ja) (せいど, seido), 正確性 (せいかくせい, seikakusei) Norwegian: Bokmål: presisjon m Nynorsk: presisjon m Polish: dokładność (pl) f Portuguese: precisão (pt) f Romanian: precizie (ro) f, exactitate (ro) f Russian: то́чность (ru) f (tóčnostʹ) Spanish: exactitud (es) f, precisión (es) f Swedish: exakthet (sv) c, precision (sv) c West Frisian: krektens f or c

the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently

Finnish: täsmällisyys (fi), tarkkuus (fi) German: Präzision (de) f, Messpräzision f, Wiederholgenauigkeit f Italian: precisione (it) f Polish: dokładność (pl) f Portuguese: precisão (pt) f Romanian: precizie (ro) f Russian: то́чность (ru) f (tóčnostʹ)

the number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably

Bulgarian: точност (bg) f (točnost) Finnish: tarkkuus (fi) Japanese: 精度 (ja) Polish: dokładność (pl) f Portuguese: precisão (pt) f Russian: то́чность (ru) f (tóčnostʹ)

the consistency of a number in a linear equation

Finnish: tarkkuus (fi) Polish: dokładność (pl) f Russian: то́чность (ru) f (tóčnostʹ)

See also

• accuracy

Adjective

precision (not comparable)

1. Used for exact or precise measurement.

   precision instruments

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.

Translations

used for exact or precise measurement

Bulgarian: прецизен (bg) (precizen) Finnish: täsmä- (fi), tarkkuus- (fi) Japanese: 精度 (ja) Portuguese: de precisão

made, or characterized by accuracy

Bulgarian: точен (bg) (točen) Finnish: tarkkuus- (fi), täsmä- (fi) Portuguese: de precisão

References

• precision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• isoprenic