preciseness

pre·cise  (pr-ss)

adj.

1. Clearly expressed or delineated; definite: The victim gave a precise description of the suspect.

2. Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct: a precise measurement; a precise instrument.

3. Strictly distinguished from others; very: at that precise moment.

4. Distinct and correct in sound or meaning: precise pronunciation; precise prose.

5. Conforming strictly to rule or proper form: "The setting up of this Maypole was a lamentable spectacle to the precise separatists that lived at New Plymouth" (Thomas Morton).

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[Middle English, exact, from Old French precis, condensed, precisely fixed, from Latin praecsus, past participle of praecdere, to shorten : prae-, pre- + caedere, to cut; see ka-id- in Indo-European roots.]

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pre·ciseness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	preciseness - clarity as a consequence of precision clearcutness clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity - free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
	2.	preciseness - the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision of his measurements" precision exactitude, exactness - the quality of being exact; "he demanded exactness in all details"; "a man of great exactitude" impreciseness, imprecision - the quality of lacking precision

Translations

preciseness [prɪˈsaɪsnɪs] N

1. (= exactness) → precisión f, exactitud f

2. (= meticulousness) → meticulosidad f, puntualidad f

preciseness

n → Genauigkeit f, → Exaktheit f