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PRECISENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
Example:
note the meticulous precision of his measurements
Synonyms:
preciseness; precision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("preciseness" is a kind of...):
exactitude; exactness (the quality of being exact)
Antonym:
impreciseness (the quality of lacking precision)
Derivation:
precise ((of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Clarity as a consequence of precision
Synonyms:
clearcutness; preciseness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("preciseness" is a kind of...):
clarity; clearness; limpidity; lucidity; lucidness; pellucidity (free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression)
Derivation:
precise (sharply exact or accurate or delimited)
