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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

de alta precisão

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dʒi ˈawtɐ pɾe.siˈzãw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
High-Precision/ˈhaɪ prɪˌsɪʒ.ən/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O instrumento de medição é de alta precisão."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Characterized by or designed for very exact measurement, execution, or operation.

    "The aerospace facility relies on high-precision machinery to craft turbine blades."
  2. 2

    Producing results with minimal deviation or error in technical or scientific applications.

    "High-precision optics are essential for the new astronomical telescope."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English 'hēah' (high) and the Latinate 'precision' stemming from 'praecisio' (a cutting off, conciseness, exactness). Over the 20th century, the term evolved in industrial and technological contexts to denote instruments, manufacturing processes, and measurements characterized by extreme exactness and minimal margin of error.

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