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exactitude
noun
ex·ac·ti·tude
ig-ˈzak-tə-ˌtüd
-ˌtyüd
Synonyms
Examples of exactitude in a Sentence
after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude
Recent Examples on the Web
Likewise, reading old C code feels like engaging in the hermeneutics of ancient script, while Coq demands the exactitude of proving mathematical theorems.
—Sheon Han, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
There were notable practitioners in the generation before him (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan Morris, Norman Lewis, and Ryszard Kapuściński spring to mind), but Raban’s brilliantly digressive, sometimes confessional style—with its descriptive exactitude and sardonic undertow—signaled new possibilities.
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
The Troisgros kitchen combines the experimental exactitude of a laboratory with the creative spirit of an artist’s studio and the tensely expectant energy of the wings of a theatre, and Wiseman is alive to it all.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
The rigor and exactitude of academic research wasn’t fun.
—Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
The hyperfocus required of driving a high-performance car has some similarities to making movies with the level of exactitude demanded by Mann.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
While higher precision is often required for training, the values needed during execution generally don't require that level of exactitude.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
The rigor and exactitude of academic research in a quantitative field in a place like MIT wasn’t fun.
—Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
Generally speaking, cooking is about spontaneity and touch, while baking requires precision and exactitude.
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, from exact exact entry 2 + -i- -i- + -tude -tude
First Known Use
1734, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near exactitude
Cite this Entry
“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exactitude. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
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exactitude
noun
ex·ac·ti·tude
ig-ˈzak-tə-ˌt(y)üd
: the quality or state of being exact
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