с точностью до
“с точностью до” (s tochnostyu do) — to within, accurate to in Russian. Phrase, level B1. On izmeril vsyo s tochnostyu do millimetra — "he measured everything to within a millimeter" — the measure true to the smallest bit: to the millimeter, to the minute; after it comes the small unit. In a live sentence: “Он измерил всё с точностью до миллиметра” — He measured everything to within a millimeter. A word from the everyday Russian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Russian | с точностью до |
| Read in Latin letters | s tochnostyu do |
| Translation | to within, accurate to |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
On izmeril vsyo s tochnostyu do millimetra — "he measured everything to within a millimeter" — the measure true to the smallest bit: to the millimeter, to the minute; after it comes the small unit.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Он измерил всё с точностью до миллиметраOn izmeril vsyo s tochnostyu do millimetraHe measured everything to within a millimeter
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to within, accurate to” in Russian?
«с точностью до», read “s tochnostyu do”. In a live sentence: “Он измерил всё с точностью до миллиметра” — He measured everything to within a millimeter. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters с, т, о, ч, н, о, с, т, ь, ю, д, о.
How is “с точностью до” written in Latin letters?
s tochnostyu do. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
On izmeril vsyo s tochnostyu do millimetra — "he measured everything to within a millimeter" — the measure true to the smallest bit: to the millimeter, to the minute; after it comes the small unit. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.