Literary notes about exact (AI summary)
In literature, “exact” is employed to signal precision and clarity, whether referring to physical measurements, the faithful reproduction of words, or the calculated exposition of ideas. Writers use the term to emphasize an unyielding adherence to factual detail and careful arrangement, as when a character insists on an “exact” account of events [1] or when an author demands a geometrically sound solution to a problem [2]. The term also frequently appears in scientific and mathematical contexts to denote a precise figure or position [3, 4], while in more narrative or philosophical texts, “exact” serves to underscore the importance of accurate language and methodical thought [5, 6].
- I gave my anxious mistress an exact account of all the conversation.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Mere approximations in the case of these problems are valueless; the solution must be geometrically exact, or it is not a solution at all.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - An exact equidistance for the three hands is not possible.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - What are the exact dimensions of the box?
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - Then, his examination over, he approached the hatch and pronounced a phrase whose exact wording follows below.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - "But I have been pedantically exact, as you call it.
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
