precision

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"This precision is already beyond the state-of-the-art and its only the first time this technology has been used for this application."

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  1. noun The state or quality of being precise; exactness.
  2. noun The ability of a measurement to be consistently reproduced.
  3. noun The number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured.
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  • At Sixth and Euclid, the officer attempted a stop the fleeing car by hitting the back right quarter panel with the front left side of the squad car, a technique known as a precision immobilization technique, or PIT maneuver. —  DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS
  • But they did up the precision, which is good news. —  SlipperyBrick.com
  • Cirrus Logic Inc. Cirrus Logic develops high-precision, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for a broad range of consumer and industrial markets. —  GuruFocus Updates
  • "This precision is already beyond the state-of-the-art and its only the first time this technology has been used for this application." —  optics.org all content
  • This precision is already beyond the state-of-the-art and this is only the first time this technology has been used for this application. —  optics.org all content
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  1. Latin praecīsiō, praecīsiōn-, a cutting off, from praecīsus, past participle of praecīdere, to cut off; see precise.

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  1. = French précision = Spanish precision = Portuguese precisão = Italian precisione, from Latin præcisio(n-), a cutting off, a cut, Middle Latin precision, from præcidere, past participle præcisus, cut off: see precise.
 

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