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Webster 1913 Edition


Inexact

Inˊex-act′

,
Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not +
exact
: cf. F.
inexact
.]
Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inexact

INEXACT'

,
Adj.
[in and exact.] Not exact; not precisely correct or true.

Definition 2024


inexact

inexact

English

Adjective

inexact (comparative more inexact, superlative most inexact)

  1. Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
  2. Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated
  3. (physics, of a differential) having a path-dependent integral

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French

Etymology

in- + exact

Adjective

inexact m (feminine singular inexacte, masculine plural inexacts, feminine plural inexactes)

  1. inexact (not exact)

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