precision (noun)
1precision — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, deadly, perfect, pinpoint ▪ The captain struck again with deadly precision. ▪ The rebels launched missiles with pinpoint precision. ▪ …
2precision — ► NOUN 1) the quality or condition of being precise. 2) (before another noun ) very accurate: a precision instrument …
3precision — Ⅰ. precision UK US /prɪˈsɪʒən/ noun [U] ► the quality of being exact: »The pressure on advertisers to deliver results has led to them targeting consumers with unprecedented precision. Ⅱ. precision UK US /prɪˈsɪʒən/ adjective [before noun] ►… …
4precision engineering — ➔ engineering * * * precision engineering UK US noun [U] ► PRODUCTION the design and building of machines, tools, etc. that need to be very accurate and exact: »The business has recently sold its precision engineering operations …
5precision — noun the quality, condition, or fact of being precise. ↘[as modifier] marked by or designed for accuracy and exactness: a precision instrument. ↘refinement in a measurement or specification, especially as represented by the number of digits given …
6precision — noun tools crafted with precision Syn: exactness, exactitude, accuracy, correctness, preciseness; care, carefulness, meticulousness, scrupulousness, punctiliousness, methodicalness, rigor, rigorousness …
7precision bombing — noun : the dropping of aerial bombs by means of a bombsight upon a narrowly defined target (as a ship or factory) especially so as not to straddle or overspread compare area bombing, pinpoint, saturate * * * aerial bombing in which bombs are… …
8precision — noun Syn: exactness, accuracy, exactitude, correctness, care, meticulousness, scrupulousness, punctiliousness, rigour …
9precision cookie — noun a cookie that is saved permanently on your hard drive • Hypernyms: ↑cookie …
10precision rifle — noun an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away • Syn: ↑sniper rifle • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine …
