exactitude

[ ig-zak-ti-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. the quality of being exact; exactness; preciseness; accuracy.

exactitude

/ ɪɡˈzæktɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. the quality of being exact; precision; accuracy

Word History and Origins

Origin of exactitude¹

From French, dating back to 1725–35; exact, -i-, -tude

Example Sentences

The second -- exactitude -- emphasizes models that use ever more data and ever-finer detail and resolution.

From Science Daily

The hyperfocus required of driving a high-performance car has some similarities to making movies with the level of exactitude demanded by Mann.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s the same for Davis: For all her concern with specificity and exactitude, her stories are usually set in moments where imprecision and confusion rule.

From Los Angeles Times

Astrology cannot predict the future with exactitude every time — the story that you think is going to happen rarely does — but it never fails to give me the lesson I need the most.

From Los Angeles Times

She describes Glazer as “an extraordinary human, with such vulnerability and openness,” who, for all his formal exactitude, refused to box his actors in.

From Los Angeles Times