precision

precision
noun
  1. [mass noun]the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate
    准确度,精密度;准确性;确切性
    the deal was planned and executed with military precision.
    交易是像军事行动那样精确策划与执行的。
    ■[as modifier]marked by or adapted for accuracy and exactness
    精密
    a precision instrument.
    精密仪器。
    ■(technical)refinement in a measurement, calculation, or specification, especially as represented by the number of digits given
    (技)(测量、计算或说明的)精确化(尤以数字表现)。 比较 accuracy
    this has brought an unprecedented degree of precision to the business of dating rocks.
    这使得测量岩石寿命的精密度达到了空前的水平。
    [count noun]a precision of six decimal figures.
    小数点后保持六位的精确度。
派生
precisionism
noun
precisionist
( & )
noun& adjective
语源
  1. mid 18th cent.: from French précision or Latin praecisio(n-), from praecidere 'cut off' (see precise)
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