An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
EXACTNESS
exactness, exactitude
(noun) the quality of being exact; “he demanded exactness in all details”; “a man of great exactitude”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
exactness (usually uncountable, plural exactnesses)
The state of being exact.
Synonyms
• exactitude
Antonyms
• inexactness
Anagrams
• exsecants
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*act"ness, n.
1. The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.
2. Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business. He had . . . that sort of exactness which would have made him a respectable antiquary. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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