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English Dictionary: precision	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precision n the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision of his measurements" Synonym(s): preciseness, precision Antonym(s): impreciseness, imprecision
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Precision \Preci"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]cision, L. praecisio a cutting off. See {Precise}.] The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness. I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions. --Locke. Syn: Preciseness; exactness; accuracy; nicety. Usage: {Precision}, {Preciseness}. Precision* is always used in a good sense; as, precision of thought or language; precision in military evolutions. Preciseness is sometimes applied to persons or their conduct in a disparaging sense, and precise is often used in the same way.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
precision The number of decimal places to which a number is computed. Compare {accuracy}. (1998-04-19)