preciseness
正確,嚴謹,古板
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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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]