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- im|pre|ci|sion «IHM prih SIHZH uhn», noun.lack of precision; inexactness: »
the general mess of imprecision of feeling (T. S. Eliot).
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pre|vi´sion|al|ly — pre|vi|sion|al «ih VIHZH uh nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with prevision; foreseeing; forecasting. –pre|vi´sion|al|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
pre|vi|sion|al — «ih VIHZH uh nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with prevision; foreseeing; forecasting. –pre|vi´sion|al|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
pre|vi|sion — «prih VIHZH uhn», noun. 1. foresight; foreknowledge: »She knew by prevision what most women learn only by experience (Thomas Hardy). 2. a prophetic vision or perception: »Some prevision warned the explorer of danger. ╂[< pre + vision] … Useful english dictionary
pre|ces|sion|al — «pree SEHSH uh nuhl», adjective. of or caused by precession, especially the precession of the equinoxes … Useful english dictionary
pre|ces|sion — «pree SEHSH uhn», noun. 1. the act or fact of going first; precedence. 2. the rotation of a spinning rigid body that has been tipped from its vertical axis by an external force acting on it. This phenomenon is illustrated by the wobble of a top… … Useful english dictionary
pre|ci|sion|ism — «prih SIHZH uh nihz uhm», noun. 1. the practice of precision; insistence on precision. 2. = purism (def. 3). (Cf. ↑purism) … Useful english dictionary
pre|ci|sion|ist — «prih SIHZH uh nihst», noun, adjective. –n. a person who insists on or affects precision, especially in expression or language; purist. –adj. of precisionism or the precisionists … Useful english dictionary
pre|ci|sion — «prih SIHZH uhn», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the fact or condition of being precise; accuracy; being exact; definiteness: »to speak with precision, the precision of a machine. A weapon of precision is one that can be delivered precisely where it is… … Useful english dictionary
pre|clu|sion — «prih KLOO zhuhn», noun. the act or fact of precluding or condition of being precluded: »The preclusion of disturbance and indecorum in Christian assemblies (Samuel Taylor Coleridge). ╂[< Latin praeclūsiō, ōnis < praeclūdere preclude] … Useful english dictionary
pre|hen|sion — «pree HEHN shuhn», noun. 1. the act of taking hold physically; grasping; seizing. 2. Figurative. grasping with the mind; mental apprehension. ╂[< Latin prehēnsiō, ōnis < prehendere to grasp] … Useful english dictionary
pre|lu|sion — «prih LOO zhuhn», noun. a prelude or introduction. ╂[< Latin praelūsiō, ōnis a prefacing < praelūdere to perform before; see etym. under prelude (Cf. ↑prelude)] … Useful english dictionary
