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plainness

English

Etymology

From plain +? -ness

Noun

plainness (usually uncountable, plural plainnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses)
  2. (countable) The product or result of being plain

Translations

Synonyms

  • (condition of being plain—ordinary): normalcy, normaldom, normality, normalness; see also Thesaurus:normality

Anagrams

  • snaplines

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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)

  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)

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