1. the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate: "the deal was planned and executed with military precision"
▪ marked by or adapted for accuracy and exactness: "a precision instrument"
▪ refinement in a measurement, calculation, or specification, especially as represented by the number of digits given:"a technique which examines and identifies each character with the highest level of precision"
Word Originearly 16th century: from French précision or Latin praecisio(n-), from praecidere ‘cut off’ (see precise).