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Thomas More's birth was noted by his father upon a blank page at the back of a copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae'; for a lawyer John More was remarkably inexact in his references to that natal year, and the date has been moved from 1477 to 1478 and back again.
Peter Ackroyd

Meaning of "inexact" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INEXACT

inexact  [ˌɪnɪɡˈzækt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INEXACT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inexact is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INEXACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inexact in the English dictionary

The definition of inexact in the dictionary is not exact or accurate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INEXACT


abstract
ˈæbstrækt
act
ækt
attract
əˈtrækt
backed
bækt
compact
kəmˈpækt
contact
ˈkɒntækt
contract
kənˈtrækt
cracked
krækt
exact
ɪɡˈzækt
extract
ɪkˈstrækt
fact
fækt
impact
ˈɪmpækt
intact
ɪnˈtækt
interact
ˌɪntərˈækt
packed
pækt
react
rɪˈækt
stacked
stækt
tracked
trækt
tract
trækt
transact
trænˈzækt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INEXACT

inevitably
inexactitude
inexactly
inexactness
inexcitable
inexcusability
inexcusable
inexcusableness
inexcusably
inexecrable
inexecutable
inexecution
inexhausted
inexhaustibility
inexhaustible
inexhaustibleness
inexhaustibly
inexhaustive
inexistant
inexistence

WORDS THAT END LIKE INEXACT

artifact
as a matter of fact
before the fact
cataract
counteract
distract
enact
environmental impact
eye contact
get in on the act
hexact
high-impact
in the abstract
matter of fact
matter-of-fact
question of fact
respiratory tract
subtract
tact
urinary tract

Synonyms and antonyms of inexact in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «INEXACT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inexact» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inexact

Translation of «inexact» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INEXACT

Find out the translation of inexact to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inexact from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inexact» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不精确
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inexacta
570 millions of speakers

English

inexact
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अयथार्थ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير دقيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неточно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inexata
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অযথাযথ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inexacte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak tepat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungenau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不正確な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부정확 한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inexact
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không đúng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अयोग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hatalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inesatta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niedokładny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неточно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inexact
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανακριβής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onnauwkeurig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inexakt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inexact
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inexact

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3 QUOTES WITH «INEXACT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inexact.
1
Peter Ackroyd
Thomas More's birth was noted by his father upon a blank page at the back of a copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae'; for a lawyer John More was remarkably inexact in his references to that natal year, and the date has been moved from 1477 to 1478 and back again.
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Naveen Jain
Trust your gut instinct over spreadsheets. There are too many variables in the real world that you simply can't put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases, your heart and gut are still your best guide.
3
Kapil Sharma
The problem with feature filmmaking is that it offers you this mirage of being able to achieve perfection, as the theory of it is that you have control of every part of the film, though in reality, it is as inexact as the next thing in your life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INEXACT»

Discover the use of inexact in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inexact and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Inexact Life
About the Author Gerald Warren graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in Social Science. He lives in San Diego, California where he is hard at work on his second work of fiction. This is his first novel.
Gerald Warren, 2006
2
The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the structure, strategy and methods of assessment of orthodox theoretical economics.
Daniel M. Hausman, 1992
3
Linear Optimization Problems with Inexact Data
This book attempts to present a comprehensive treatment of linear optimization with inexact data.
Miroslav Fiedler, Josef Nedoma, Jaroslav Ramik, 2006
4
Science of Inexact Mathematics. Investment Performance ...
This book presents a coherent and comprehensive study of mathematical methods for investment performance measurement, attribution analysis, mortgages, annuities, and investment risk measurement.
Yuri K. Shestopaloff, 2009
5
Additive Schwarz Preconditioned GMRES, Inexact Krylov ...
Since the bounds on the error, such as (6.3), are far from tight, one can loosely approximate certain quantities in those bounds, and still obtain convergence of the inexact methods. For the case l = n − 1, we simply estimate s1 ≈ 1 in (6.6), and ...
Xiuhong Du, 2008
6
Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A ...
... for y from the start, but the above method often produces results with reduced calculation, particularly in more complicated examples. ◁ 5.3 Exact and inexact differentials In the last section we discussed how to find the total differential of ...
K. F. Riley, M. P. Hobson, S. J. Bence, 2006
7
Metaphysics: Its Structure and Function
Many, if not all, perceptual attributes and some others are inexact in the sense that they admit of borderline cases. The inexactness of perceptual attributes is closely related to perceptual continuity or the continuous connectedness of inexact ...
Stephan Körner, 1986
8
Newton Methods for Nonlinear Problems: Affine Invariance and ...
The following Section 7.4.2 is then devoted to the key issue that quasilinearization can be interpreted as an inexact Newton method in function space: the approximation errors in the infinite dimensional setting just replace the inner iteration er- ...
Peter Deuflhard, 2011
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The Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introductory Essay
For if P is any inexact concept then (P. P) and (P+ P) have neutral candidates; and these are the same for the sum, the product and for each of their members. On the whole the proposed definitions conform to customary uses of 'or', 'and' and  ...
Stephan Körner, 1986
10
An Inexact Interior-point Algorithm for Conic Convex ...
In practice the best IPMs are primal-dual methods, in which a convex problem is solved together with its dual, which is another convex problem.
Simon Peter Schurr, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INEXACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inexact is used in the context of the following news items.
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The “Inexact Science” of Water Pricing | PublicCEO
How can the price of water help us manage the drought? Like everything to do with water management in California, there is no easy answer. «PublicCEO.com, Jul 15»
2
Looking at top prospects the Phillies could get in return for Cole …
Selecting the best available player is an inexact science even for the well informed, so a lot of times there will be disagreement on whether or ... «PhillyVoice.com, Jul 15»
3
Mike Tyson sees himself in Ronda Rousey's UFC dominance …
Dana White realizes the comparison is inexact, but the UFC president believes no other athletes in the so-called combat sports have separated ... «Gillette News Record, Jul 15»
4
Atlanta Hawks: Comprehensive Grades For The Offseason
Of course, grading moves before they have an effect on the floor is an inexact science. However, resetting expectations based upon a team's ... «Hoops Habit, Jul 15»
5
Raptors to finish 1st in the East, says math - Sportsnet.ca
And get this: the Toronto Raptors took top spot in the East. It's an inexact science, to be sure (as SI cops to in setting up the piece), but definitely ... «Sportsnet.ca, Jul 15»
6
Quam's China Fund Slips As Chinese Stock Market Slides - ValueWalk
Watching correlations among benchmarks is an inexact science, some might even call it an art. The composition of Chris Choy's portfolio, ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
7
Music review: Yannick-Muriel Noah brings music to life with …
Her only weaknesses are a slightly inexact sense of pitch — particularly when singing small intervals — and a habit of brightening certain notes ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
8
I'm no drug cheat, insists Peter Moody | The Australian
Peter Moody came out swinging yesterday, a week after he was issued with three charges relating to cobalt, blaming “inexact” science ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
9
Is it fair to grade surgeons and show everyone the report card?
... and assessing the many factors that impact them, is an inexact science, and publishing individual scorecards could unfairly harm reputations ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
10
Student loans to blame for the college tuition 'bubble?' Does federal …
Finally, the parallel between housing and college markets is inexact. Slots at colleges aren't limited in supply the same way that houses are. «Bob Sullivan.net, Jul 15»

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