Found 2 hits - Term: preciseness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
precise \precise"\, a. l. praecisus cut off, brief, concise,
p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae
before + caedere to cut: cf. f. pr'ecis. cf. concise.
1. having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined
or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal;
as, precise rules of morality.
1913 webster
the law in this point is not precise. --bacon.
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for the hour precise
exacts our parting hence. --milton.
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2. strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or
exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal;
ceremonious. --addison.
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he was ever precise in promise-keeping. --shak.
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syn: accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous;
punctilious; particular; nice; formal. see accurate.
1913 webster -- precise"ly, adv. --
precise"ness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
concise accurate precise"ly precise"ness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
preciseness
n 1: clarity as a consequence of precision syn: clearcutness
2: 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" syn:
precision ant: impreciseness, impreciseness
see also:
clearcutness precision impreciseness
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