1. artists who practice Precisionism, an American art movement emphasizing geometric forms and industrial subjects with sharp, clean lines
Usage: art history
2. people who demand or practice extreme accuracy and exactness in their work or methods

Examples

• The precisionists painted factories and skyscrapers with mathematical accuracy.
• Charles Sheeler and Georgia O’Keeffe were prominent precisionists of the 1920s.
• The museum’s exhibition featured works by leading American precisionists.
• As precisionists, the engineers measured every component to the nearest millimeter.
• The precisionists in the lab refused to accept any margin of error.
• Her team of precisionists spent weeks perfecting the manufacturing process.