PRECISIVE

Adjective

precisive (comparative more precisive, superlative most precisive)

Cutting off.

(logic) Exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relevant.

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*ci"sive, a.

Definition: Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction. I. Watts.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SCOPOLAMINE

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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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