- strictly accurate or correct: an exact likeness; an exact description.
- precise, as opposed to approximate: the exact sum; the exact date.
- admitting of no deviation, as laws or discipline; strict or rigorous.
- capable of the greatest precision: exact instruments.
- characterized by or using strict accuracy: an exact thinker.
- (of a differential equation) noting that the collection of all terms, equated to zero, is an exact differential.
- to call for, demand, or require: to exact respect from one's children.
- to force or compel the payment, yielding, or performance of: to exact money; to exact tribute from a conquered people.
- correct in every detail; strictly accurate
- precise, as opposed to approximate; neither more nor less
- specific; particular
- operating with very great precision
- allowing no deviation from a standard; rigorous; strict
- based mainly on measurement and the formulation of laws, as opposed to description and classification
- to force or compel (payment or performance); extort
- to demand as a right; insist upon
- to call for or require
