exact science
Noun
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Noun
exact science (plural exact sciences)
- (sciences, narrowly) A mathematical science, i.e. a field of science such as mathematics or mathematical physics which is capable of perfectly exact results based on rigorously formal methods.
- (sciences, broadly) A field of science such as physics or chemistry that is not perfectly exact, but still capable of highly quantitative results based on methods that are are not strictly rigorous, but still systematic and scrupulous.
- French: science exacte, science dure
- German: exakte Wissenschaft
- Russian: то́чная нау́ка
- Spanish: ciencia exacta
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