precise
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
precise/prɪˈsʌɪs/
▶adjective marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.
■ (of a person) very attentive to detail.
■ exact; particular (used for emphasis).
– derivatives
precisely adverb,
preciseness noun.
precisely adverb,
preciseness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. prescis, from L. praecis-, praecidere ‘cut short’.
'precise' also found in these Oxford entries:
approximate
- art deco
- ballet
- cruise
- cut glass
- diagnosis
- exact
- exquisite
- goniometer
- hard
- hedge
- imagism
- instant
- intention tremor
- interferometer
- ipsissima verba
- letter
- mathematical
- meticulous
- minute
- minutiae
- now
- pernickety
- pinpoint
- precis
- precisian
- precision
- romer
- rough
- sight
- slot
- specie
- specific
- stringent
- subtle
- technical drawing
- tenon saw
- unique
- very
