PRECI'SION, noun s as z. [Latin proecisio.] Exact limitation; exactness; accuracy. precision in the use of words is a prime excellence in discourse; it is indispensable in controversy, in legal instruments and in mathematical calculations. Neither perspicuity nor precision should be sacrificed to ornament.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.