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[ noun ] the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
Synonyms Examples "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton" "note the meticulous precision of his measurements" Used in print (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)With due consideration for the limits of precision in assessing , expected rate of change in ossification of girls age 2 years , and the known variations in rate of ossification of these children as described in our preceding paper in the Supplement , each arrow with a `` shaft length '' of four months or less was selected as indicating `` same schedule '' at Onset and Completion , for this particular epiphysis . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)Because of his brain injury and the extreme damage suffered to his sight , the patient had to train himself for a new line_of_work , that of a portfolio maker , an occupation requiring a great_deal of precision in the making of measurements and a fairly well developed sense of form and contour . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Far from it ; I merely draw an etymological distinction , hoping that specialists and busy people like you will welcome such precision in a layman . Related terms |
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