prec.

Adjective

preceding (not comparable)

1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
   • On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

   Synonyms:

   prevenient, antecedent

Noun

precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)

1. (broadly) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
   • Near-synonyms: exactitude, exactness; accuracy

   Synonyms:

   exactitude, exactness, accuracy

2. (strictly) The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
   • Near-synonyms: repeatability; reproducibility

   Synonyms:

   nicety, repeatability, reproducibility

3. The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
4. A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.

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