Definition of Exact. Meaning of Exact. Synonyms of Exact

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Definition of Exact

Exact
Exact Ex*act", v. i. To practice exaction. [R.] The anemy shall not exact upon him. --Ps. lxxxix. 22.
Exact
Exact Ex*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacting.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See Exact, a.] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one. He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. --Luke. iii. 13. Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at last --Dryden. My designs Exact me in another place. --Massinger.
Exact
Exact Ex*act", a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See Agent, Act.] 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts. I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. --Jowett (Thucyd. ) 2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. ``I see thou art exact of taste.' --Milton. 3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason. --Shak.

Meaning of Exact from wikipedia

- Exact may refer to: Exaction, a concept in real property law Exact (company), a Dutch software company Exact Air, a Canadian airline Exact Change, an American...
- Fisher's exact test is a statistical significance test used in the analysis of contingency tables. Although in practice it is emplo**** when sample sizes...
- In statistics, an exact (significance) test is a test where all ****umptions, upon which the derivation of the distribution of the test statistic is based...
- In homological algebra, an exact functor is a functor that preserves exact sequences. Exact functors are convenient for algebraic calculations because...
- In mathematics, exactness may refer to: Exact category Exact functor Landweber exact functor theorem Exact sequence Accuracy and precision...
- In mathematics, the term exact equation can refer either of the following: Exact differential equation Exact differential form...
- An exact sequence is a concept in mathematics, especially in group theory, ring and module theory, homological algebra, as well as in differential geometry...
- a collection S {\displaystyle {\mathcal {S}}} of subsets of a set X, an exact cover is a subcollection S ∗ {\displaystyle {\mathcal {S}}^{*}} of S {\displaystyle...
- The exact sciences, sometimes called the exact mathematical sciences are those sciences "which admit of absolute precision in their results"; especially...
- Exactor may refer to: Someone who practices extortion Tax collector Exactor (betting) - a type of bet in parimutuel horse betting British Royal Artillery...
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