ACUTENESS
\ɐkjˈuːtnəs], \ɐkjˈuːtnəs], \ɐ_k_j_ˈuː_t_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of ACUTENESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
By Princeton University
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a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
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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.
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Shrillness; high pitch; - said of sounds.
By Oddity Software
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The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
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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.
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Shrillness; high pitch; - said of sounds.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.