precise meaning

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precise
adjective
uk
/prɪˈsaɪs/us
/prəˈsaɪs/
exact ...
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meaning
noun
uk
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
The meaning of something is what it expresses ...
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(Definition ofpreciseandmeaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprecise meaning

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Consequently, aprecisemeaning(or semantics) must be associated with any logic programming in order to provide its declarative specification.
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However, we also construct maps which mix at various other slow speeds, with a moreprecisemeaningof slow as given below.
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The homoclinic points, foliations, and so on, all have aprecisemeaningin this expansion.
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I think it's also fair to say that most people would have a hard time explaining exactly what theprecisemeaningis.
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Theprecisemeaningof equality in the new arrangements is unclear (see below).
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Theprecisemeaningof the concept of sustainable development remains in some doubt, but as a discourse sustainable development thrives.
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Modern mathematics gives this metaphor a logicallyprecisemeaning: reality is an iterative hierarchy.
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Theprecisemeaningof a formula of some logic can be given by specifying a semantics of the formulas of the logic.
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Nonetheless, theprecisemeaningof this normative concept remains unclear.
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While the notion of equilibrium is central to economic theorizing, itsprecisemeaningremains elusive.
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In the present example, we want to describe not only the longitudinal splitting but also the transverse one (for theprecisemeaningsee later).
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Now we give theprecisemeaningto the assumption that is small.
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To give aprecisemeaningto this idea, we need a formal definition of the action calculus.
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It is in some of these models, that the statement 'realizability is equivalent to truth' can be given aprecisemeaning.
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Theprecisemeaningdepends on the context and the interests of the actors who are invoking the concept.
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Theprecisemeaningof this distinction has been a matter of controversy.
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In many cases the supposed triggering element is not very near, raising questions about theprecisemeaningof proximity.
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Theprecisemeaningshould be clear from the context.
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We still have to give theprecisemeaningof x and y in this interpretation.
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