precisionists
Sticklers for exactness
Precisionists are people devoted to exactness and accuracy, often to an extreme degree.
The word describes those who insist on precise language, measurements, or methods—sometimes admirably, sometimes tediously: The precisionists in the editing department caught every inconsistency.
In art history, Precisionists were American painters of the 1920s and 30s who rendered industrial subjects with sharp, geometric clarity.
Showing extreme attention to detail
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- exactingDemanding great care
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
detail-oriented · rigorous · thorough · conscientious · uncompromising · perfectionist · nitpicky · finicky
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- micrometerMillionth of a meter
- calipersAdjustable-jaw measuring device
gauging · specifications · standards · benchmarking · quality control · resolution · quantification · verification
Craftspeople who build timepieces
- jewelersGem and precious metal merchants
- surgeonsDoctors performing operations
- tailorsClothing alteration professionals
- calligraphersBeautiful handwriting practitioners
engravers · luthiers · goldsmiths · glassblowers · machinists · toolmakers · gunsmiths · opticians
- industrialismFactory-based economic system
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
- crispFirm and breakable
urban landscapes · factories · skyscrapers · silos · smokestacks · cubism · realism · clarity
meticulous
Showing extreme attention to detail
- fastidiousExcessively attentive to detail
- exactingDemanding great care
- punctiliousExcessively careful about details
methodical · detail-oriented · rigorous · thorough · conscientious · uncompromising · perfectionist · nitpicky · finicky · particular
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- micrometerMillionth of a meter
calipers · gauging · specifications · standards · benchmarking · quality control · resolution · quantification · verification · instrumentation
watchmakers
Craftspeople who build timepieces
- jewelersGem and precious metal merchants
- surgeonsDoctors performing operations
- tailorsClothing alteration professionals
calligraphers · engravers · luthiers · goldsmiths · glassblowers · machinists · toolmakers · gunsmiths · opticians · clockmakers
Georgia O'Keeffe
- industrialismFactory-based economic system
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- geometricRelating to mathematical shapes
crisp · urban landscapes · factories · skyscrapers · silos · smokestacks · cubism · realism · clarity · streamlined
precisionistsslobs
Habitually untidy people
bunglers · botchers · blunderers · slackers · hacks
precisionistsimprovisers
Those creating spontaneously
expressionists · abstract expressionists · free spirits · romantics