Definitions for sweetness
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sweet, sweetness, sugarinessnoun

   the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

2. sweetness, sweetnoun

   the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

3. bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetnessnoun

   a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

4. pleasantness, sweetnessnoun

   the quality of giving pleasure

   "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"

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1. sweetnessnoun

   The condition of being sweet or sugary.

2. sweetnessnoun

   A pleasant disposition; kindness.

   Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.

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1. Sweetnessnoun

   The quality of being sweet in any of its senses; fragrance; melody; lusciousness; deliciousness; agreeableness; delightfulness; gentleness of manners; mildness of aspect.

   Etymology: from sweet.

   She the sweetness of my heart, even sweetning the death which her sweetness brought upon me. Philip Sidney.

   The right form, the true figure, the natural colour that is fit and due to the dignity of a man, to the beauty of a woman, to the sweetness of a young babe. Roger Ascham.

   O our lives sweetness!
   That we the pain of death would hourly bear,
   Rather than die at once. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Where a rainbow toucheth, there breatheth forth a sweet smell: for this happeneth but in certain matters, which have in themselves some sweetness, which the gentle dew of the rainbow draweth forth. Francis Bacon.

   Serene and clear harmonious Quintus Horatius Flaccus flows,
   With sweetness not to be exprest in prose. Wentworth Dillon.

   Suppose two authors equally sweet, there is a great distinction to be made in sweetness; as in that of sugar and that of honey. Dryden.

   This old man’s talk, though honey flow’d
   In every word, would now lose all its sweetness. Addison.

   Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes, and know
   What’s roundly smooth, or languishingly slow;
   And praise the easy vigor of a line,
   Where Denham’s strength and Waller’s sweetness join. Alexander Pope.

   A man of good education, excellent understanding, and exact taste; these qualities are adorned with great modesty and a most amiable sweetness of temper. Jonathan Swift.

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1. Sweetness

   Sweetness is a basic taste most commonly perceived when eating foods rich in sugars. Sweet tastes are generally regarded as pleasurable, except when in excess. In addition to sugars like sucrose, many other chemical compounds are sweet, including aldehydes, ketones, and sugar alcohols. Some are sweet at very low concentrations, allowing their use as non-caloric sugar substitutes. Such non-sugar sweeteners include saccharin and aspartame. Other compounds, such as miraculin, may alter perception of sweetness itself. The perceived intensity of sugars and high-potency sweeteners, such as aspartame and neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, are heritable, with gene effect accounting for approximately 30% of the variation.The chemosensory basis for detecting sweetness, which varies between both individuals and species, has only begun to be understood since the late 20th century. One theoretical model of sweetness is the multipoint attachment theory, which involves multiple binding sites between a sweetness receptor and a sweet substance. Studies indicate that responsiveness to sugars and sweetness has very ancient evolutionary beginnings, being manifest as chemotaxis even in motile bacteria such as E. coli. Newborn human infants also demonstrate preferences for high sugar concentrations and prefer solutions that are sweeter than lactose, the sugar found in breast milk. Sweetness appears to have the highest taste recognition threshold, being detectable at around 1 part in 200 of sucrose in solution. By comparison, bitterness appears to have the lowest detection threshold, at about 1 part in 2 million for quinine in solution. In the natural settings that human primate ancestors evolved in, sweetness intensity should indicate energy density, while bitterness tends to indicate toxicity. The high sweetness detection threshold and low bitterness detection threshold would have predisposed our primate ancestors to seek out sweet-tasting (and energy-dense) foods and avoid bitter-tasting foods. Even amongst leaf-eating primates, there is a tendency to prefer immature leaves, which tend to be higher in protein and lower in fibre and poisons than mature leaves. The 'sweet tooth' thus has an ancient evolutionary heritage, and while food processing has changed consumption patterns, human physiology remains largely unchanged.

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1. Sweetnessnoun

   the quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness

2. Etymology: [AS. swtness.]

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1. Sweetness

   Sweetness is one of the five basic tastes and is almost universally regarded as a pleasurable experience. Foods rich in simple carbohydrates such as sugar are those most commonly associated with sweetness, although there are other natural and artificial compounds that are sweet at much lower concentrations, allowing their use as non-caloric sugar substitutes. Examples of foods that may be used as non-sugar sweet substitutes include saccharin, aspartame, xylitol and acesulfame K. Other compounds may alter perception of sweetness itself. The chemosensory basis for detecting sweetness, which varies among both individuals and species, has only been teased apart in recent years. A recent theoretical model of sweetness is the multipoint attachment theory, which involves multiple binding sites between a sweetness receptor and a sweet substance. Studies indicate that responsiveness to sugars and sweetness has very ancient evolutionary beginnings, being manifest as chemotaxis even in motile bacteria such as E. coli. Newborn human infants also demonstrate preferences for high sugar concentrations and prefer solutions that are sweeter than lactose, the sugar found in breast milk. Sweetness appears to have the highest taste recognition threshold, being detectable at around 1 part in 200 of sucrose in solution. By comparison, bitterness appears to have the lowest detection threshold, at about 1 part in 2 million for quinine in solution. In the natural settings that human primate ancestors evolved in, sweetness intensity should indicate energy density, while bitterness tends to indicate toxicity The high sweetness detection threshold and low bitterness detection threshold would have predisposed our primate ancestors to seek out sweet-tasting foods and avoid bitter-tasting foods. Even amongst leaf-eating primates, there is a tendency to prefer immature leaves, which tend to be higher in protein and lower in fibre and poisons than mature leaves. The 'sweet tooth' thus has an ancient evolutionary heritage, and while food processing has changed consumption patterns, human physiology remains largely unchanged.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sweetness in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sweetness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sweetness in a Sentence

1. Jennifer Shu:

   Even though it's natural sweetness, (juice) doesn't have the same benefits as real fruit, because the fruit has fiber to be more filling, whereas juice is just easy to drink and overdo.

2. Berenice Lurton:

   It is a luxury perfume in the glass, and the taste of it is a perfect melding of sweetness and freshness, for me, it is nothing but sensuality in a glass.

3. E. B. White:

   I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

4. Helen Keller:

   Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

5. Eddy M Reyes:

   With your sweetness you can calm the madness wave

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