imprecision
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im·pre·cise
(ĭm′prĭ-sīs′)adj.
Not precise.
im′pre·cise′ly adv.
im′pre·ci′sion (-sĭzh′ən) n.
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| Noun | 1. | imprecision - the quality of lacking precision inexactitude, inexactness - the quality of being inaccurate and having errors precision, preciseness - the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision of his measurements" |
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Translations
عَدَم دِقَّه
nepřesnost
upræcished
ónákvæmni
açık olmamabelirsizlik
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imprecision
n → Ungenauigkeit f
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imprecise
(impriˈsais) adjective not clear; vague. Her directions were so imprecise that we lost our way.
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