noun, feminine/sjɑ̃.s‿ɛɡ.zakt/plural: sciences exactes
exact science, hard science, formal science
“1864, Rudolf Charles, Preface to Testament by Jean Meslier, page 9” — ...systems of philosophy, develop and become replaced by others under the influence of certain climates, of scenes of nature, of the conditions and resources of the people who successively embrace them; that civilization and the study of the exact sciences mature and destroy these systems...
Synonyms: science dure
Antonyms: science molle, science humaine