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Meaning of "imprecision" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF IMPRECISION

ˌɪmprɪˈsɪʒən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPRECISION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Imprecision is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMPRECISION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of imprecision in the English dictionary

The definition of imprecision in the dictionary is the quality of being imprecise.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPRECISION

abscission · circumcision · concision · decision · discission · division · excision · incision · indecision · nondecision · occasion · precisian · precision · recision · rescission · subdecision · subincision · television · ultraprecision · uncircumcision

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPRECISION

imprecate · imprecation · imprecatory · imprecise · imprecisely · impreciseness · impredicative · impregn · impregnability · impregnable · impregnableness · impregnably · impregnant · impregnatable · impregnate · impregnation · impregnator · impresa · impresari · impresario

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPRECISION

cable television · cell division · collision · colour television · commission · double vision · educational television · envision · Eurovision · field of vision · infantry division · interactive television · long division · night vision · night-vision · panzer division · provision · revision · satellite television · subdivision · supervision

Synonyms and antonyms of imprecision in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «imprecision» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF IMPRECISION

Find out the translation of imprecision to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of imprecision from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «imprecision» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

不精确
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

imprecisión
570 millions of speakers
en

English

imprecision
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अस्पष्टता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عدم الدقة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

неточность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

imprecisão
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অনির্দিষ্টতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

imprécision
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ketidaktepatan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Ungenauigkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

不正確
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

부정확
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Imprecision
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiếu chính xác
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

துல்லியமற்ற
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अस्वस्थता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

belirsizlik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

imprecisione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

brak precyzji
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

неточність
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

imprecizie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασάφεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onakkuraatheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inexakthet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unøyaktighet
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPRECISION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about imprecision

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPRECISION»

Discover the use of imprecision in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to imprecision and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Combining fuzzy imprecision with probabilistic uncertainty ...
This volume brings together for the first time articles by well-known experts focusing on the topic of the joint occurrence of imprecision, dealt with in terms of fuzzy sets and possibility theory, and randomness, dealt with in terms of ...
Janusz Kacprzyk, Mario Fedrizzi, 1988
2
Quantified Representation of Uncertainty and Imprecision: ...
We hope it will answer the needs for adequate representations of uncertainty. This Handbook series grew out of the ESPRIT Basic Research Project DRUMS II, where the acronym is made out of the Handbook series title.
Dov M. Gabbay, Philippe Smets, 1998
3
Soft Methods for Handling Variability and Imprecision
A unique feature of this collection is to establish a dialogue between fuzzy random variables and imprecise probability theories.
Didier Dubois, Maria Asuncion Lubiano, Henri Prade, 2008
4
The Immunoassay Handbook
The use of the term imprecision has been widely recommended rather than precision, on the grounds that it is imprecision that is actually measured (by %CV or SD). However, similar arguments have not yet been put forward for the use of ...
David Wild, 2005
5
Spatial analysis and planning under imprecision
The book deals with complexity, imprecision, human valuation, and uncertainty in spatial analysis and planning, providing a systematic exposure of a new philosophical and theoretical foundation for spatial analysis and planning under ...
Yee Leung, 1988
6
Knowledge Contributors
TEMPORAL IMPRECISION As we illustrated previously and formalized in Proposition 1, simultaneity is inherent in the notion of common knowledge (and vice versa). It follows that simultaneity is a prerequisite for attaining common knowledge.
Vincent F. Hendricks, Klaus Frovin Jørgensen, Stig Andur Pedersen, 2003
7
ADVANCES IN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
GOALS FOR IMPRECISION OF PLASMA ANALYTES The majority of work in the field of analytical goal setting has been concerned with the definition of goals for the imprecision of plasma or serum analytes. Although the imprecision of test ...
Albert L. Latner, Morton K. Schwartz, 1983
8
Clinical Biochemistry: Metabolic and Clinical Aspects
Practicalities: what is desirable performance? In their enthusiasm to perfect analytical methods, clinical biochemists must be careful not to lose sight of the application of their work. While a result is of no value if its bias or imprecision render it ...
William J. Marshall, William J. Marshall (Ph. D.), S. K. Bangert, 2008
9
Statistical Concepts and Applications in Clinical Medicine
Later in this section we investigate how imprecision in the determination of the steroid metabolite features in the differential diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome, where the coefficient of variation in the determinations is quoted as 20 per cent, ...
John Aitchison, Jim W. Kay, Ian J. Lauder, 2004
10
Advanced Excel for Scientific Data Analysis
what will be the resulting imprecision in the final result. For example, we miglu compute the volume V of a cylinder from its measured diameter d and heiglu h as xd2h/4, then ask how the imprecision in V is obtained from the experimental ...
Robert De Levie, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPRECISION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term imprecision is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Coroner criticises Professor John Horowitz over delay with letter …
... that 20-20 hindsight is not required to reach a conclusion that Professor Horowitz's practice was a practice that was fraught with imprecision, ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
2
Obtaining a Perfect Finish from a Precision Milling Process - AZoM
There are repeated complaints from users regarding damaged tools, chatter marks, imprecision in the workpiece and concentricity errors that ... «Azom.com, Jul 15»
3
Flamingos flock to MDI
Among the participants will be the ever-popular Friends of Acadia Imprecision Drill Team, the Acadia Ukulele Society and the Seal Cove Auto ... «Mount Desert Islander, Jul 15»
4
The Misleading War on GMOs: The Food Is Safe. The Rhetoric Is …
They ignored the far greater randomness of mutation in nature and the far greater imprecision of traditional breeding. Furthermore, after five ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Zargon Oil & Gas Ltd. Confirms July 2015 Cash Dividend and …
... currency fluctuations, the availability of services, imprecision of reserve estimates, geological, technical, drilling and processing problems, ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
6
A helpful chart of the Pitchfork Music Festival lineup through the …
On the plus side, though, this arbitrariness and imprecision kept the number of genre categories small enough for the chart to be readable. «Chicago Reader, Jul 15»
7
The eerie terror of amusement parks
Just as the camera demands the photographer accept imprecision and occasional flaws — a big ask for the self-described perfectionist — so too did Leshko ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. Confirms Dividends for …
... including the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions, volatility of commodity prices, currency fluctuations, imprecision of ... «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
9
Canamax Announces Closing of Strategic Greater Grimshaw Asset …
... loss of markets; volatility of commodity prices; currency and interest rate fluctuations; imprecision of reserve estimates; environmental risks; ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
10
Is Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Possible?
... and law is expressed in the vague and imprecise medium of language, but problems of vagueness and imprecision are everywhere in law ... «h+ Magazine, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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