Meaning & use
precision
The quality of being exact, accurate, and free from unnecessary error or vagueness.
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Surgeons must operate with extreme precision to avoid damaging nearby tissue.
The engineer measured each part with great precision before assembling the machine.
A note on using this word
Precision refers to exactness of measurement or detail, while 'accuracy' refers to closeness to a true or correct value.
Words with a similar meaning
accuracyexactness
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