exactness
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4.1
- noun
- /ɪɡˈzæktnəs/
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exactitud
- In mathematics, exactness is crucial for proving theorems and solving equations.
Examples
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Despite these limitations, daguerreotypes enjoyed great popularity, especially in the United States, for the clarity and exactness of the photographic image.
Academic text (2003) -
The criteria that make for successful participant observation are not easy to articulate with exactness or to transmit to the novice.
Academic text (1992) -
I began to despair of exactness as a fundamental principle.
Fiction book (1990) -
I want the thrill of discovery to be rendered with the exactness of the detail.
Fiction book (1996) -
Dana, my dear, you have an exactness about you that I love and share.
Blog text (13) -
There's no way any three humans could measure exactness like these instruments.
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The ability to develop closed-form solutions allows us to gain an exactness that highlights the boundaries of our understanding.
Academic text (1997) -
Of course, laws in ecology will not have the exactness and universality of physical laws.
Academic text (2002) -
The exactness of the measurements ensured that the experiment would yield reliable results.
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Artists aim for exactness in their work to accurately portray their subjects.
Synonyms
169
3.8
How close a measurement or statement is to the correct value
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4.2
The quality of being exact and giving the same result when repeated
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8.4
Careful attention to small details that makes things correct
Being exact and clear about small details
How accurate something is compared with facts or a standard
Antonyms
How Precise
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Exactness comes from the shorter word exact, which originally had the idea of being 'carefully measured' or 'made precise'. So exactness means the quality of being very accurate and free from error.