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comparative more precise or preciser, superlative most precise or precisest
Exact, accurate. quotations examples
A memory is "precise" when the occurrences that would verify it are narrowly circumscribed: for instance, "I met Jones" is precise as compared to "I met a man." A memory is "accurate" when it is both precise and true, i.e. in the above instance, if it was Jones I met.
1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind
Individually, some of these definitions fall into the common definitional trap of being overly precise.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7
(sciences, of experimental results) Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value). examples
Adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious. examples
third-person singular simple present precises, present participle precising, simple past and past participle precised
(nonstandard, non-native speakers' English or European Union documents, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify. quotations
This proposal for a new basic regulation is justified because there is a need to precise the objectives of the CFP.
2011, Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the Common Fisheries Policy