精确度 (jīng què dù) — accuracy; degree of precision

Definition

noun
accuracydegree of precision

Examples

  • 精确度。
    Zhè zhǒng yí qì de jīng què dù hěn gāo.
    This instrument has very high accuracy.
  • 精确度。
    Wǒ men xū yào tí gāo shí yàn de jīng què dù.
    We need to improve the accuracy of the experiment.
  • 精确度。
    Tā de cè liáng jīng què dù dá dào le háo mǐ jí bié.
    His measurement accuracy reached the millimeter level.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

精确precise
精jīngrefined确quètrue
联合Side by side
度dùdegree

精 and 确 together give the idea of precision, and 度 frames it as a measurable degree.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng精jīng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

精 pairs 米 (rice) with 青, which gives the sound; the character originally meant polished rice.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 確; 确 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shírock
Sound part声符shēngfú
隺
隺hè確què
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 確 combines 石, a rock, with 隺 for its sound; the idea is something rock-solid and certain. The simplified 确 is a shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
又又yòuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
石
石shí度dù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

度 has 又 (hand) and a changed form of 石; 石 gives a related sound, and the hand is tied to using the hand as a reference for measurement.

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