| Definition of 'acuteness' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) acuteness
a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
"dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell"
2. (noun) acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
a quick and penetrating intelligence
"he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
3. (noun) acuteness
the quality of having a sharp edge or point
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| Definition of 'acuteness' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) acuteness
the quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle
2. (noun) acuteness
the faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions
3. (noun) acuteness
shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds
4. (noun) acuteness
violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis
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Sense: an angle of less than ninety degrees.
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 Afrikaans: akuutheid |
 Arabic: حِدَّه |
 Bulgarian: острота |
 Brazilian: agudeza |
 Czech: akutnost; bystrost; ostro |
 German: die Schärfe |
 Danish: skarpsindighed |
 Greek: οξύτητα, οξύνοια |
 Spanish: agudeza |
 Estonian: teravus |
 Farsi: شدت |
 Finnish: terävyys |
 French: acuité |
 Hebrew: חֲרִיפוּת |
 Hindi: तीक्ष्णता |
 Croatian: istančanost |
 Hungarian: élesség, erősség |
 Indonesian: keadaan akut |
 Icelandic: skarpskyggni, næmleiki |
 Italian: acutezza, acume |
 Japanese: 鋭さ |
 Korean: 날카로움 |
 Lithuanian: aštrumas, ūmumas |
 Latvian: asums; spēcīgums; īstums |
 Malay: ketajaman |
 Dutch: scherpte |
 Norwegian: skarphet, heftighet |
 Polish: ostrość |
 Persian: شدت |
 Pashto: شدت |
 Portuguese: agudeza |
 Romanian: acuitate |
 Russian: острота |
 Slovak: ostrosť, bystrosť, nalieh |
 Slovenian: ostrina |
 Serbian: oštrina |
 Swedish: skärpa, intensitet, häfti |
 Thai: การมีไหวพริบ |
 Turkish: keskinlik |
 Taiwanese: 敏銳性 |
 Ukrainian: проникливість; кмітливіст |
 Urdu: شدت |
 Vietnamese: tính nhạy bén |
 Chinese: 敏捷 |
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