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exactitude

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ex·ac·ti·tude  (g-zkt-td, -tyd)
n.
The state or quality of being exact.

exactitude [ɪgˈzæktɪˌtjuːd]
n
the quality of being exact; precision; accuracy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.exactitude - the quality of being exact; "he demanded exactness in all details"; "a man of great exactitude"
accuracy, truth - the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
minuteness - great precision; painstaking attention to details; "he examined the essay with the greatest minuteness"
precision, preciseness - the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision of his measurements"
trueness - exactness of adjustment; "I marveled at the trueness of his aim"

exactitude exactness
Translations
exactitude [ɪgˈzæktɪtjuːd] Nexactitud f
exactitude [ɪgˈzæktɪtjuːd] nexactitude f, précision f
exactitude
nGenauigkeit f, → Exaktheit f
exactitude [ɪgˈzæktɪtjuːd] nprecisione f, esattezza


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Phileas Fogg was, indeed, exactitude personified, and this was betrayed even in the expression of his very hands and feet; for in men, as well as in animals, the limbs themselves are expressive of the passions.
"I will not," continued he, after a moment's silence, "conceal from you, that while your probity and exactitude up to this moment are universally acknowledged, yet the report is current in Marseilles that you are not able to meet your liabilities.
, observations have been from time to time carried on with more or less correctness, until in the present day the altitudes of the lunar mountains have been determined with exactitude.
 
 
 
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