Precision vs. Reliability — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Precision and Reliability
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Precision
The quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate
The deal was planned and executed with military precision
Reliability
Capable of being relied on; dependable
A reliable assistant.
A reliable car.
Precision
The state or quality of being precise; exactness.
Reliability
Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.
Precision
The ability of a measurement to be consistently reproduced.
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Reliability
The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
Precision
The number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured.
Reliability
(education) the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).
Precision
Used or intended for accurate or exact measurement
A precision tool.
Reliability
(engineering) measurable time of work before failure
Precision
Made so as to vary minimally from a set standard
Precision components.
Reliability
The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
Precision
Of or characterized by accurate action
Precision bombing.
Reliability
The trait of being dependable or reliable
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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