acuity

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(ə-kyū'ĭ-tē) pronunciation
n.
Acuteness of vision or perception; keenness.

[Middle English acuite, from Old French, ultimately from Latin acūtus, sharp. See acute.]



The degree of sensitivity. Flavor, taste, or organoleptic acuity means the degree a person can perceive those corresponding sensations. See Supertasters, Taste, Tongue, Olfaction, Sensation.

(əkyōōitē)
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Sharpness; clearness; keenness.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skarphed, spidshed

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherpzinnigheid, scherpheid

Français (French)
n. - acuité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schärfe, Scharfsinn

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αιχμηρότητα, οξύτητα, (μτφ.) οξύνοια

Italiano (Italian)
acutezza, arguzia, acume, perspicacia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - acuidade (f), intensidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
острота

Español (Spanish)
n. - agudeza, acuidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skärpa, skarpsinne

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
敏锐, 尖锐, 剧烈, 苛刻

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 敏銳, 尖銳, 劇烈, 苛刻

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 날카로움, 격렬성, 예민

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 鋭さ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حده‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חריפות, חדות החושים‬


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