"precisive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹiˈsaɪ.sɪv/ [US] Forms: more precisive [comparative], most precisive [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} precisive (comparative more precisive, superlative most precisive)
  1. Cutting off.
    Sense id: en-precisive-en-adj-sDZXhP7j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. (logic) Exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relevant. Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-precisive-en-adj-T2dimbsq Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: precise, precision, decisive, incisive
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          "text": "precisive censure"
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        "(logic) Exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relevant."
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