different between directness vs precision
directness
English
Etymology
direct +? -ness
Noun
directness (usually uncountable, plural directnesses)
- The state or quality of being direct.
Anagrams
- discernest, stridences
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precision
English
Etymology
From Middle French precision.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???s?.?(?)n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)
- The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
- The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
- (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
- (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)
- Used for exact or precise measurement.
- 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)
- precision (quality of being precise)
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