an exact definition
1Definition — Def i*ni tion, n. [L. definitio: cf. F. d[ e]finition.] 1. The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition. [1913 Webster] 2. Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing… …
2exact — exact, exacte [ ɛgza(kt), ɛgzakt ] adj. • XVIe; lat. exactus « poussé jusqu au bout, accompli », de exigere « achever » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Qui est fait avec soin, en observant les règles prescrites, les normes. ⇒ minutieux, rigoureux,… …
3definition — I noun clarification, decipherment, decoding, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, description, elucidation, equivalent meaning, exact meaning, exact statement, explanation, explication, expressed meaning, formulation, identification,… …
4definition — ► NOUN 1) a statement of the exact meaning of a word or the nature or scope of something. 2) the action or process of defining. 3) the degree of distinctness in outline of an object or image. ● by definition Cf. ↑by definition DERIVATIVES …
5exact meaning — index definition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6exact statement — index definition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7Exact sciences (The) in Hellenistic times: texts and issues — The exact sciences in Hellenistic times: Texts and issues1 Alan C.Bowen Modern scholars often rely on the history of Greco Latin science2 as a backdrop and support for interpreting past philosophical thought. Their warrant is the practice… …
8Exact category — In mathematics, an exact category is a concept of category theory due to Daniel Quillen which is designed to encapsulate the properties of short exact sequences in abelian categories without requiring that morphisms actually possess kernels and… …
9Exact solutions in general relativity — In general relativity, an exact solution is a Lorentzian manifold equipped with certain tensor fields which are taken to model states of ordinary matter, such as a fluid, or classical nongravitational fields such as the electromagnetic field.… …
10Exact functor — In homological algebra, an exact functor is a functor, from some category to another, which preserves exact sequences. Exact functors are very convenient in algebraic calculations, roughly speaking because they can be applied to presentations of… …
