precision

See also: précision and precisión

English

Etymology

From Middle French precision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈsɪ.ʒ(ə)n/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)

1. The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
2. The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
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.

Derived terms

• arbitrary-precision
• double-precision
• non-precision approach
• precision approach
• precision dice
• quadruple-precision
• single-precision

Translations

the state of being precise or exact; exactness

• Bulgarian: точност f (točnost)
• Catalan: precisió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精度 (zh) (jīngdù), 準確度／准确度 (zh) (zhǔnquèdù)

• Czech: přesnost f
• Dutch: precisie f
• Esperanto: precizeco
• Finnish: täsmällisyys, tarkkuus
• French: précision
• German: Präzision f, Genauigkeit f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀκρίβεια f (akríbeia)

• Icelandic: nákvæmni f
• Japanese: 精度 (せいど, seido), 正確性 (せいかくせい, seikakusei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: presisjon m

  Nynorsk: presisjon m

• Polish: dokładność f
• Portuguese: precisão f
• Romanian: precizie f, exactitate f
• Russian: то́чность f (tóčnostʹ)
• Spanish: exactitud f, precisión f
• Swedish: exakthet c, precision c
• West Frisian: krektens f or c

the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently

• Finnish: täsmällisyys, tarkkuus
• German: Präzision f, Messpräzision f, Wiederholgenauigkeit f
• Italian: precisione f
• Polish: dokładność f
• Portuguese: precisão f
• Romanian: precizie f
• Russian: то́чность f (tóčnostʹ)

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

• Bulgarian: точност f (točnost)
• Finnish: tarkkuus
• Japanese: 精度
• Polish: dokładność f
• Portuguese: precisão f
• Russian: то́чность f (tóčnostʹ)

the consistency of a number in a linear equation

• Finnish: tarkkuus
• Polish: dokładność f
• Russian: то́чность f (tóčnostʹ)

See also

• accuracy

Adjective

precision (not comparable)

1. Used for exact or precise measurement.
2. Made, or characterized by accuracy.
   • 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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 (precizen)
• Finnish: täsmä-, tarkkuus-
• Japanese: 精度
• Portuguese: de precisão

made, or characterized by accuracy

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

References

• precision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• isoprenic

Middle French

Alternative forms

• précision

Etymology

First known attestation 1380, borrowed from Latin praecisiō.

Noun

precision f (plural precisions)

1. cutting off; act of cutting off

Descendants

• French: précision
• → English: precision