All 12 Uses of
precise
in
Childhood's End
- But none was needed: not by chance alone could those mighty ships have come to rest so precisely over New York, London, Paris, Moscow, Rome, Cape Town, Tokyo, Canberra….†
Chpt 2
- But this fact in itself was surprising and impressive: he would never have believed that such precise, swift replies could have been obtained.†
Chpt 8
- Precisely.†
Chpt 9 *
- But-and this was Fact three, which he had only this moment discovered-the small and insignificant star known as NGS 549672 was in precisely the right place.†
Chpt 9
- Then Karellen continued, and now his voice held something that was not quite pity and not precisely scorn.†
Chpt 14
- I can't identify it precisely, but the nearest star that fits the description is Rhamsandron 9.†
Chpt 18
- They were spaced with perfect precision along the rim of the planet-too huge to be artificial, yet too regular to be natural.†
Chpt 18
- The scattered, unutterably lonely figures began to converge, to gather into a crowd that moved precisely as a human crowd might do.†
Chpt 21
- The immense forces that drove the ship must have been compensated with exquisite precision.†
Chpt 22
- Had he ever been to Earth, or was it just another of the many planets in his charge, of whose exact location he was not precisely sure?†
Chpt 22
- As faras Jan could tell, they were of all ages from five to fifteen, yet they all moved with the same speed, precision, and complete indifference to their surroundings.†
Chpt 23
- It was not precisely a memory.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(precise as in: about noon; 12:03 to be precise) exact (accurate)editor's notes: In the fields of science, engineering, and statistics, precise and accurate are not properly used as synonyms the way they are in general usage.
If you throw darts at a dartboard and keep missing the bullseye, but hit in the same place on the dartboard each time, you would be described as precise, but not accurate.
If you seldom hit the bullseye, but tended to get close each time, you would be described as accurate, but not precise.
Finally, if you hit the bullseye each time, you would be considered both accurate and precise.