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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)
References
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rigorous
English
Alternative forms
- rigourous (non?standard)
Etymology
From Old French, from Late Latin rigorosus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???????s/
- Rhymes: -?????s
Adjective
rigorous (comparative more rigorous, superlative most rigorous)
- Showing, causing, or favoring rigour; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
- a rigorous officer of justice
- a rigorous execution of law
- a rigorous inspection
- Severe; intense.
- a rigorous winter.
Synonyms
- (showing, causing or favoring rigor): painstaking, scrupulous; see also Thesaurus:meticulous
- (severe; intense): harsh, strict; see also Thesaurus:stern
Antonyms
- (severe; intense): arbitrary, capricious, whimsical
Derived terms
- nonrigorous
- overrigorous
- rigorously
- rigorousness
- unrigorous
Related terms
- rigid
- rigour
Translations
Further reading
- rigorous at OneLook Dictionary Search
- rigorous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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