preciseness

preciseness
noun
1. clarity as a consequence of precision
Syn: ↑clearcutness
Derivationally related forms: ↑clear-cut (for: ↑clearcutness), ↑precise
Hypernyms: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑pellucidity, ↑clearness, ↑limpidity
2. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
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he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton

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note the meticulous precision of his measurements

Syn: ↑precision
Ant: ↑imprecision (for: ↑precision), ↑impreciseness
Derivationally related forms: ↑precise
Hypernyms: ↑exactness, ↑exactitude

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