inexact

English

Etymology

From French inexact

Adjective

inexact (comparative more inexact, superlative most inexact)

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

Synonyms

(imperfectly conforming): imperfect, imprecise
(imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated): loose

Antonyms

(precisely agreeing): exact, perfect, precise
(precisely or definitely conceived or stated): exact, strict
(having a path-dependent integral): exact

Translations

imperfectly conforming

Bulgarian: неточен (bg) (netočen)
Catalan: inexacte
Russian: неподходя́щий (ru) (nepodxodjáščij)

Spanish: inexacto
Tagalog: disingkad

imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated

Russian: нето́чный (ru) (netóčnyj), двусмы́сленный (ru) (dvusmýslennyj)
Swedish: oexakt, oprecis

Tagalog: disingkad

having a path-dependent integral

Tagalog: disingkad

Anagrams

Texican

French

Etymology

in- +‎ exact

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.nɛɡ.zakt/

Adjective

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

inexact (not exact)

Antonyms

exact

Further reading

“inexact” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.