precisive

adjective

pre·​ci·​sive

-ˈsīsiv,

-īziv

1

: cutting off, separating, or defining one thing or person from all others

precisive censure

precisive abstraction

2

: having or marked by precision or exactness

Word History

Etymology

in sense 1, from Latin praecisus + English -ive; in sense 2, from precis(ion) + -ive

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