different between consistency vs precision

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?st?nsi/
• Hyphenation: con?sis?ten?cy

Noun

consistency (countable and uncountable, plural consistencies)

1. Local coherence.
2. Correspondence or compatibility.
3. Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.

4. The degree of viscosity of something.

5. (logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
6. (obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

   • His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency.

Antonyms

• inconsistency

Related terms

• consist
• consistence
• consistent

Translations

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