precisions
Meticulous attention details
Precisions is the plural of precision, referring to multiple instances or types of exactness or accuracy.
The word appears in technical contexts where different kinds of precision are distinguished: The study compared the precisions of various measurement instruments.
In computing and statistics, precisions may refer to decimal places or significant figures across different calculations.
Correctness in every detail
- measurementsQuantified sizes or amounts
- tolerancesAllowable limits of variation
- calibrationsPrecision setting procedures
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
decimals · figures · calculations · readings · adjustments · refinements · increments · margins
Craft of building timepieces
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- toolingIndustrial machinery preparation
- instrumentsTools for precise tasks
movements · components · mechanisms · gears · jewels · springs · finishing · assembly
Refusals to work collectively
- targetingSelecting as objective
- bombingAttack with explosives
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
- guidedLed with assistance
surgical · airstrikes · missiles · drones · operations · coordinates · intelligence · GPS
Recognized differences between things
- nuancesSubtle variations in meaning
- wordingsSpecific language choices
- definitionsStated meanings of terms
- clarificationsStatements removing ambiguity
qualifications · specificities · subtleties · phrasings · formulations · terminologies · articulations · expressions
exactness
Correctness in every detail
- measurementsQuantified sizes or amounts
- tolerancesAllowable limits of variation
- calibrationsPrecision setting procedures
specifications · decimals · figures · calculations · readings · adjustments · refinements · increments · margins · errors
watchmaking
Craft of building timepieces
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- toolingIndustrial machinery preparation
instruments · movements · components · mechanisms · gears · jewels · springs · finishing · assembly · handwork
strikes
Refusals to work collectively
- targetingSelecting as objective
- bombingAttack with explosives
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
guided · surgical · airstrikes · missiles · drones · operations · coordinates · intelligence · GPS · laser-guided
distinctions
Recognized differences between things
- nuancesSubtle variations in meaning
- wordingsSpecific language choices
- definitionsStated meanings of terms
clarifications · qualifications · specificities · subtleties · phrasings · formulations · terminologies · articulations · expressions · refinements
precisionsimprecisions
Lacks of exactness
inaccuracies · approximations · vagueness · ambiguities · uncertainties
precisionsneglects
Fails to care for
carelessnesses · sloppiness · oversights · haphazardness · shoddiness
- military precisionExacting standardized coordination
- surgical precisionExtreme exactness in execution
- clockwork precisionPerfect mechanical reliability
- precision timingAccuracy to the millisecond
- precision strikeTargeted military attack
- false precision