precision
Other forms: precisions
Use the noun precision to describe something that's exact, such as the work of a carpenter who's made 100 identical pieces of railing for a grand staircase.
Precision is similar to perfection in that both words suggest that something could not possibly be better. However, perfection describes something that's flawless, such as a beautiful sunset. Precision, on the other hand, is more about accuracy, like computing the exact second that the perfect sunset will occur.
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the quality of being exactsynonyms: exactitude, exactnesstypes:minutenessgreat precision; painstaking attention to detailsprecisenessthe quality of being reproducible in amount or performancetruenessexactness of adjustment
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the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance“note the meticulous precision of his measurements”synonyms: precisenessantonyms:imprecisionthe quality of lacking precisiontype of:
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