precision

US: /pɹiˈsɪʒən/
UK: /pɹɪsˈɪʒən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


precision /pri'siʤn/
  • danh từ
    • sự đúng, sự chính xác; tính đúng, tính chính xác; độ chính xác
    • đúng, chính xác
      • precision balance: cân chính xác, cân tiểu ly
      • precision tools: dụng cụ chính xác
      • precision bombing: sự ném bom chính xác

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
[U] the quality of being exact, accurate and careful: done with mathematical precision + Her writing is imaginative but lacks precision. + Historians can't estimate the date with any (degree of) precision. + He chose his words with precision. + precision instruments / tools + precision engineering

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
1 correctness, exactness, fidelity, faithfulness, exactitude, preciseness, accuracy, rigour, perfection, flawlessness, faultlessness, literalism, faithfulness, unerringness:
This copy follows the original with precision.
2 definiteness, care, nicety, meticulousness, rigorousness, rigour, fastidiousness, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, unambiguousness, nicety, strictness, explicitness:
The precision of the wording leaves no doubt about what the writer intended.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

absolute | great, high
high precision measurement tools
| analytical, mathematical, military, surgical, technical
He organized the team with military precision.

QUANT.

degree
Chimps are able to manipulate objects with a high degree of precision.

VERB + PRECISION

call for, demand, require
surgery which requires great precision

PRECISION + NOUN

engineering | bombing

PREP.

with ~
These items cannot be dated with any precision.
| ~ in
a new era of precision in engineering

PHRASES

a lack of precision
Any lack of precision in the contract could give rise to a dispute.


Concise English dictionary


precisionsprɪ'sɪʒn
noun
+the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance