Exactitude vs. Precision — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Exactitude and Precision
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Exactitude
The state or quality of being exact.
Precision
The quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate
The deal was planned and executed with military precision
Exactitude
Attention to small details; accuracy.
Precision
The state or quality of being precise; exactness.
Exactitude
The quality of being exact; exactness.
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Precision
The ability of a measurement to be consistently reproduced.
Exactitude
The quality of being exact;
He demanded exactness in all details
A man of great exactitude
Precision
The number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured.
Precision
Used or intended for accurate or exact measurement
A precision tool.
Precision
Made so as to vary minimally from a set standard
Precision components.
Precision
Of or characterized by accurate action
Precision bombing.
Precision
The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
Precision
The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
Precision
(mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
Precision
(bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.
Precision
Used for exact or precise measurement.
Precision
Made, or characterized by accuracy.
Precision
The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness.
I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions.
Precision
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
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