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Lemaitrand Posted 4 years ago
Vocabulary

What does "mechanical exigence" mean?

Returning to the fair for the first time since 2019, Van Cleef & Arpels put the wonder into Watches & Wonders with a trio of automata clocks fashioned from precious metals, gems, and ornamental stones, dazzling with their breathtaking combination of mechanical exigence and aesthetic refinement.

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I have absolutely no idea what it means.

  

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Lemaitrand I have absolutely no idea what it means. Neither did I. The usual online dictionaries don't have this definition, and I'd never encountered it before, I don't think.

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  • Lemaitrand I have absolutely no idea what it means.
  • Neither did I.
  • The usual online dictionaries don't have this definition, and I'd never encountered it before, I don't think.
  • I had to go to the Oxford English Dictionary .
  • It stands apart from the common definition and means something like "exactingness", "precision and patience".
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LemaitrandI have absolutely no idea what it means.

Neither did I. The usual online dictionaries don't have this definition, and I'd never encountered it before, I don't think. I had to go to the Oxford English Dictionary. It stands apart from the common definition and means something like "exactingness", "precision and patience". This definition deri

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Lemaitrandexigence

Often listed in dictionaries as 'exigency', usually the plural 'exigencies'.

A demand or requirement

Lemaitrandmechanical exigence

the demands of assembling such a (complex) machine

CJ

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