" exact "

[Verb]  | "ex*act" | \ ig-ˈzakt \

1: to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain

2: to call for as necessary or desirable

Origin: 1564 ;

 Middle English exacten "to require as payment," borrowed from Latin exāctus, past participle of exigere "to drive out, achieve, enforce payment of or the performance of (a task), require, inquire into, examine" from ex- {see: |ex-:1|ex-:1} + agere "to drive (cattle), be in motion, do, perform" {mat|agent|};

[Adjective]  | "exact" 

1: exhibiting or marked by strict, particular, and complete accordance with fact or a standard

2: marked by thorough consideration or minute measurement of small factual details

Origin: 1533 ;

 Borrowed from Latin exāctus, from past participle of exigere "to drive out, achieve, require, inquire into, examine, measure" {mat|exact:1|};

[Noun]  | "exact differential" 

1: a differential expression of the form X1dx1 + … + Xndxn where the X's are the partial derivatives of a function f(x1, …, xn) with respect to x1, …, xn respectively

Origin: 1825 ;

[Noun]  | "exact science" 

1: a science (such as physics, chemistry, or astronomy) whose laws are capable of accurate quantitative expression

Origin: 1843 ;

[Noun]  | "exact opposite" 

1: the complete opposite

[Idiom]  | "exact same" 

1: —used as a more forceful way to say "same"

[Idiom]  | "to be exact" 

1: —used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific

[Adjective]  | "exact" 

[Verb]  | "exact"