precision.

1. The degree to which repeated measurements under stated conditions agree closely with one another.

2. The degree of exactness and carefully specified detail in an expression or action.

3. The proportion of predicted positive cases that are genuinely positive under the relevant reference standard.

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Words that belong together

• measurement precision
• high precision

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The instrument showed high precision but remained biased away from the reference value.

Repeated readings improved the estimate of precision without removing systematic error.

Usage notes

Primary category: science / research / methodology. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: methodology, measurement, causation, evaluation. Disciplines: research, statistics, scientific reasoning. Commonness: moderately common.