Definition of "exact" []

• Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality: an exact account; an exact replica; your exact words. (adjective)
• Characterized by accurate measurements or inferences with small margins of error; not approximate: an exact figure; an exact science. (adjective)
• Characterized by strict adherence to standards or rules: an exact speaker. (adjective)
• To force the payment or yielding of; extort: exact tribute from a conquered people. (verb-transitive)
• To demand and obtain by or as if by force or authority: a harsh leader who exacts obedience. See Synonyms at demand. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Science considers, primarily and predominantly, the more exact and rigorous relations of Phenomena; and the existence of an _exact_ and _definite_ point of departure in Thought and Being, more fundamental, from the"
• "The above is not the "Law of Exemptions" in exact words, but it is that part of it which was made for the Brethren, in _exact sense_."
• "Many of the foods that fuel us in the short term exact a damaging toll over time."