精度|せいどseido[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounprecision; accuracy
    今日きょうでは私わたしたちは天気てんきがどうなるかを高たかい精度せいどで当あてることができる。↗
    Today, we can tell how the weather will be with a high degree of accuracy.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym正確度せいかくどWrittenWritten/formal prose; how close something is to the true value, while 「精度」 leans toward the fineness of instrument measurement.
  • Synonym正確性せいかくせいNeutralNeutral; how well something matches facts or standards, while 「精度」 leans toward the precision of machines and measurement.
  • Related的確てきかくNeutralNeutral; aptness of judgments or actions, as in 「的確な指示」; 「精度」 is a degree of precision and is rated high or low.
  • Related確度かくどWrittenWritten/formal prose; how certain or reliable something is, as in 「確度の高い情報」; 「精度」 is about measurement precision.
  • Related精細せいさいWrittenWritten/formal prose; fineness and richness of detail, as in 「高精細画像」; 「精度」 is the degree of precision.
  • Related精緻せいちWrittenWritten/formal prose; exquisitely fine and elaborate, as in 「精緻な描写」; 「精度」 leans toward measurement.
  • Related正確せいかくNeutralNeutral; being correct and free of errors, while 「精度」 is the degree of precision, rated as high or low.
  • Related精確せいかくWrittenWritten/formal prose; an adjectival noun for being detailed and accurate, while 「精度」 is a noun for the degree of precision.
  • Antonym粗さNeutralNeutral antonym; roughness or coarseness, the opposite of the fineness that 「精度」 expresses.

Use 「精度」 for the degree of precision of machines, measurements or predictions, as in 「精度が高い」. For simply being correct, choose 「正確」; for how reliable information is, 「確度」; for apt judgments or responses, 「的確」. 「精確」「精細」「精緻」 are written-style words for fine detail, and the opposite of 「精度」 is 「粗さ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 精密せいみつさや緻密ちみつさの度合どあい。
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