different between clearness vs precision

English

Etymology

From clear +? -ness

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)n?s

Noun

clearness (usually uncountable, plural clearnesses)

1. (obsolete) Brightness, brilliancy. [14^th-17^thc.]
2. Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc. [from 16^thc.]
   • 1966, "The Lowest Depths", Time, 6 September:

     The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness.

3. The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc. [from 17^thc.]

   The clearness of the water meant I could still see the key lying on the river-bed.

4. The state of being free from obstruction or interference. [from 17^thc.]

   The clearness of the path made for an easy hike.

Translations

Anagrams

• cleansers

English

Etymology

From Middle French precision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???s?.?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)

1. The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
2. The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
3. (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
4. (bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.

Derived terms

• arbitrary-precision

Translations

See also

• accuracy

References

• precision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

precision (not comparable)

1. Used for exact or precise measurement.
2. Made, or characterized by accuracy.

Translations

Anagrams

• isoprenic

Middle French

Alternative forms

• précision

Etymology

First known attestation 1380, borrowed from Latin praecisi?.

Noun

precision f (plural precisions)

1. precision (quality of being precise)

References