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PRECIS (Providing REgional Climates for Impacts Studies, pronounced pray-sea) is developed at the Hadley Centre at the UK Met Office , PRECIS is a regional climate modelling system designed to run on a Linux based PC. PRECIS can be applied to any area of ...
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Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1760, from French noun use of Middle French précis "cut short, condensed" (see precise ). As a verb, from 1856.
Usage examples of precis.
Even given his gift for inaccurate precis, it seemed unlikely the postman had got things this wrong.
I am ready to download a precis of the 66,505 cases on the point of defendants suffering from memory redaction, and their rights and obligations under the law.
I don't ask for much out of life but I need someone to precis the intelligence memoranda, watch my calorie count, and sew up tears in my trousers.