precise
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Both exact and accurate.
aggettivo
- 1
Both exact and accurate.
precise definition
highly precise
precise calculation
Please give a precise measurement of the room.
- 2
Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).
- 3
Adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious.
Etimologia
From Middle French précis, from Latin praecīsus, perfect passive participle of praecīdere, from prae- (“before, in front”) + caedere (“cut; strike”), cognate with hit. Related to incise. Doublet of précis.
verbo
- 1
To make or render precise; to specify.
This proposal for a new basic regulation is justified because there is a need to precise the objectives of the CFP.
Forme
- comparativo
- more precise, preciser
- superlativo
- most precise, precisest
- passato
- precised
- participio passato
- precised
- participio presente
- precising
- 3ª persona singolare
- precises