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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 preciseness
 正確,嚴謹,古板

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pre·cise a.
 1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.
    The law in this point is not precise.   --Bacon.
 For the hour precise
 Exacts our parting hence.   --Milton.
 2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious.
    He was ever precise in promise-keeping.   --Shak.
 Syn: -- Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See Accurate.
 -- Pre*cise*ly, adv. -- Pre*cise*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 preciseness
      n 1: clarity as a consequence of precision [syn: clearcutness]
      2: 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" [syn:
         precision] [ant: impreciseness, impreciseness]