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Meanings of precision in English

Portuguese
precisão
Catalan
precisió
Spanish
precisión

Measure of random errors in a system: the variation among measurements of the same value.

Related terms
precisão
Portuguese
exatidão
Catalan
puntualitat
Spanish
precisión

The quality of being reproducible in amount or performance.

exatidão

Quality of being near to the true value.

Usage of precision in English
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Of course both of these methods work, but the key is precision.
Wired
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About Guardant Health Inc Guardant Health, Inc. is a precision oncology company.
Reuters
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Maj Brett Morris said precision-guided missiles were used to avoid collateral damage.
The Irish Times
4
More quality data are needed to improve the precision of burden estimates.
Pubmed
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Conclusion: A clinical score is of limited value in increasing diagnostic precision.
Pubmed
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This was precision work, and he needed fine control of his teeth.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
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Such pressure has been steadily growing with precision strikes in recent months.
Reuters
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Therefore, it is necessary to establish neuroimaging-based biomarkers to improve diagnostic precision.
Pubmed
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The apparatus in the air is like a balance of mathematical precision.
The Mysterious Island
10
Assessing heterogeneous treatment effects is a growing interest in advancing precision medicine.
Pubmed
11
McDonald's has great training programs and I learned the value of precision.
Reuters
12
Mr Cameron said some reassuring things about precision weapons and pilot skills.
The Guardian
13
The plan was obvious: sit deep, let Liverpool pass, break with precision.
The Guardian
14
They had to be used selectively and with tactical precision, of course.
Earth strike: star carrier: book one
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We need more data to obtain estimates with better precision and generalizability.
Pubmed
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This approach will foster research in the era of personalized precision medicine.
Pubmed
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