Precise

a.	1.	Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. - Bacon. For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence. - Milton.
	2.	Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. - Shak.

Adj.	1.	precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" Antonyms: imprecise - not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional"
	2.	precise - (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" Synonyms: accurate, exact

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