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precision

/pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/noun3 syllables

Precision means: the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance.

Synonyms for precision7

noun, as in the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

preciseness

also used for precision

exactitude, exactness, accuracy, nicety, repeatability, reproducibility

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Opposites of precision

imprecision

What does precision mean?1

noun

1

the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance“he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with precision?11

two syllables

vision

four syllables

supervisioncircumcision
Show 40 near rhymes
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Precision in a sentence

  • The creatures were struck dead, one after the other, with amazing precision and effectiveness.ulyssemc1
  • The first tip is precision, that is, to express yourself clearly.Hybrid
  • Ice tongs are essential bar tools for handling ice with precision.Ahha
  • The determined kayaker tackled the challenging course with precision.always
  • This cartographer is famous for the precision in his maps.FeuDRenais2
  • This cartographer is famous for the precision in her maps.FeuDRenais2
  • Water that has been electrolyzed is used to clean germs on precision machines.gomihog
  • Any irrational number can be approximated by a rational number with arbitrarily large precision.Ooneykcall

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of precision

as a noun

plural
precisions