Kant, Introd

to Logic (tr. by Abbott), viii. There is a sin committed against logical purity or precision in a uming into the declaration qualities such as do not determinately designate what is defined. Sir W. Hamilton, Logic, xxiv. ( b ) The separation from anything of extrinsic elements. [In this sense, probably introduced into Latin by Scotus, precision appears to be the abstract noun corresponding to the verb prescind , and is occasionally spelled prescision .] - Arms of precision. See arm2.Instrument of precision, an instrument suited for measurement of the highest degree of refinement and precision, as a circle for measuring angles to a second of an arc, or a comparator for measuring lengths to a micron. -Mental precision, separation in the mind.-Negative precision, the representation of one without the representation of the other. Positive precision, the representation of one thing as separated from another thing.-Real precision, the separation of one thing from another in fact. =Syn. 1. Propriety , etc. (see purity ), nicety, correctne , truth. See accurate . precisionist (pre-sizh'on-ist), n. + -ist .] Same as precisianist . [ precision Were a logical precisionist speaking, and speaking calmly and of aforethought, this would be of force. N. and Q., 7th ser., VIII. 162. precis ionize (prē-sizhʼon-īz), v . t .; pret. and pp . precis ionized , ppr. precis ionizing . [ preci sion + -ize.] To render precise; give precision to; state with precision or accuracy. What a pity the same man does not. precis ionize other questions of political morals!