English Dictionary

exact science

名詞

広義 否定形

(sciences, strictly) 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.

日本語の意味

数学や数学的物理学などの、厳密な形式手法に基づき完全に正確な結果を導くことが可能な科学分野。 / 徹底した形式論的手法を用いることにより、誤りなく確実な結果を得ることができる学問。

Many philosophers argue that Euclidean geometry is an exact science because its theorems follow from strict formal proofs.

多くの哲学者は、ユークリッド幾何学は定理が厳密な形式的証明に基づくため、数学的な科学であると主張する。

意味（1）

(sciences, strictly) 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.

意味（2）

(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.

意味（3）

(litotes, chiefly in the negative) Used contrastively to characterize something as imprecise or relying on intuition or heuristics.

Jury selection isn't an exact science.

exact sciences （ plural ）