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Pr'ecis (gcide) | Pr'ecis \Pr['e]`cis"\ (pr[asl]`s[=e]"), n. [F. See Precise.]
A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a
summary.
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precis (gcide) | precis \precis\ v. t.
To make a precis of.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
imprecise (mass) | imprecise
- nepresný |
or more precisely (mass) | or more precisely
- respektíve |
precise (mass) | precise
- presný |
precisely (mass) | precisely
- presne |
Imprecision (gcide) | Imprecision \Im`pre*ci"sion\, n.
Lack of precision. [R.]
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Pr'ecis (gcide) | Pr'ecis \Pr['e]`cis"\ (pr[asl]`s[=e]"), n. [F. See Precise.]
A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a
summary.
[1913 Webster]precis \precis\ v. t.
To make a precis of.
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precis (gcide) | Pr'ecis \Pr['e]`cis"\ (pr[asl]`s[=e]"), n. [F. See Precise.]
A concise or abridged statement or view; an abstract; a
summary.
[1913 Webster]precis \precis\ v. t.
To make a precis of.
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Precise (gcide) | Precise \Pre*cise"\, a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise,
p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae
before + caedere to cut: cf. F. pr['e]cis. Cf. Concise.]
1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined
or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal;
as, precise rules of morality.
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The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon.
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For the hour precise
Exacts our parting hence. --Milton.
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2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or
exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal;
ceremonious. --Addison.
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He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak.
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Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous;
punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See Accurate.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*cise"ly, adv. --
Pre*cise"ness, n.
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Precisely (gcide) | Precise \Pre*cise"\, a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise,
p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae
before + caedere to cut: cf. F. pr['e]cis. Cf. Concise.]
1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined
or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal;
as, precise rules of morality.
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The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon.
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For the hour precise
Exacts our parting hence. --Milton.
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2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or
exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal;
ceremonious. --Addison.
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He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak.
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Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous;
punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See Accurate.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*cise"ly, adv. --
Pre*cise"ness, n.
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Preciseness (gcide) | Precise \Pre*cise"\, a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise,
p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae
before + caedere to cut: cf. F. pr['e]cis. Cf. Concise.]
1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined
or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal;
as, precise rules of morality.
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The law in this point is not precise. --Bacon.
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For the hour precise
Exacts our parting hence. --Milton.
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2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or
exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal;
ceremonious. --Addison.
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He was ever precise in promise-keeping. --Shak.
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Syn: Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous;
punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See Accurate.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*cise"ly, adv. --
Pre*cise"ness, n.
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Precisian (gcide) | Precisian \Pre*ci"sian\, n.
1. One who limits, or restrains. [Obs.]
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2. An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact
in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly
applied to the English Puritans.
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The most dissolute cavaliers stood aghast at the
dissoluteness of the emancipated precisian.
--Macaulay.
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Precisianism (gcide) | Precisianism \Pre*ci"sian*ism\, n.
The quality or state of being a precisian; the practice of a
precisian. --Milton.
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Precisianist (gcide) | Precisianist \Pre*ci"sian*ist\, n.
A precisian.
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Precision (gcide) | Precision \Pre*ci"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]cision, L. praecisio a
cutting off. See Precise.]
The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation;
exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a
standard; definiteness.
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I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions.
--Locke.
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Syn: Preciseness; exactness; accuracy; nicety.
Usage: Precision, Preciseness. Precision is always used
in a good sense; as, precision of thought or language;
precision in military evolutions. Preciseness is
sometimes applied to persons or their conduct in a
disparaging sense, and precise is often used in the
same way.
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Precisive (gcide) | Precisive \Pre*ci"sive\, a.
Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that
is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive
censure; precisive abstraction. --I. Watts.
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Unprecise (gcide) | Unprecise \Unprecise\
See precise. |
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