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Precision vs Reproducible - What's the difference?

precision | reproducible |

As adjectives the difference between precision and reproducible

is that precision is used for exact or precise measurement while reproducible is capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people.

As a noun precision

is the state of being precise or exact; exactness.

precision

Noun

  • The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
  • The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
  • (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Used for exact or precise measurement.
  • Made, or characterized by accuracy.
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    reproducible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a measurement, experiment etc) Capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people.
  • Antonyms

    * unreproducible * irreproducible