I am inclined, however, to think that the terminological exactitude so necessary to scientific statement could not be accommodated to the range of the child-mind without a certain damage to the content.
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Exactitude
/ɪɡˈzæktɪt(j)uːd/
Synonyms for "exactitude" (23 found)
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Noun(1 words)
es. exacto
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5 entriesacademic exactitudeexactitude in measurementhistorical exactitudemeticulous exactitudepursuit of exactitude
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[W]hen making a passage from one feeding-ground to another, the sperm whales, guided by some infallible instinct—say, rather, secret intelligence from the Deity—mostly swim in veins, as they are called; continuing their way along a given ocean-line with such undeviating exactitude, that no ship ever sailed her course, by any chart, with one tithe of such marvellous precision.
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He paced stiffly, looking with extreme exactitude at Lingard's face; looking neither to the right nor to the left but at the face only, as if there was nothing in the world but those features familiar and dreaded; […]
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In Newspeak, euphony outweighed every consideration other than exactitude of meaning.
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