precision

precisión, exactitud

Cualidad de ser muy exacto y cuidadoso.

En inglés sencillo: The quality of being very exact and careful.

• She cut the paper with precision.
• The dancers moved with remarkable precision.
• His instructions lacked precision.

Cómo se usa: with precision (She described the procedure with precision.); precision in something (Precision in timing is essential for this performance.)

Sinónimos: exactness, accuracy

Antónimos: imprecision

Expresiones frecuentes: great precision, with precision, precision in something

precisión, repetibilidad

Capacidad de obtener resultados casi iguales al repetir una medición.

En inglés sencillo: The ability to get almost the same result when a measurement is repeated.

• Repeated readings showed high precision.
• The test has good precision but poor accuracy.
• We checked the precision of the measurements by repeating them.

Sinónimos: repeatability, reproducibility

Expresiones frecuentes: high precision, measurement precision, precision of something

precisión numérica

Cantidad de cifras de una medición que se pueden considerar fiables.

En inglés sencillo: How many digits in a measured number can be trusted.

• The instrument has limited precision.
• Record the value with a precision of three significant figures.
• Rounding the number reduced its precision.

Sinónimos: numerical precision

Expresiones frecuentes: measurement precision, decimal precision, precision of something

de precisión

Diseñado para medir con mucha exactitud.

En inglés sencillo: Designed to measure things very exactly.

• We use precision scales in the laboratory.
• This precision instrument measures tiny changes in pressure.
• The technician checked the precision measuring equipment.

Sinónimos: high-precision

Expresiones frecuentes: precision instrument, precision scale, precision measuring equipment