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Definition of Acuity
1. Noun. Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart).
Generic synonyms: Sight, Vision, Visual Modality, Visual Sense
Specialized synonyms: 20/20, Twenty-twenty, Oxyopia
Derivative terms: Sharp-sighted
2. Noun. A quick and penetrating intelligence. "I admired the keenness of his mind"
Generic synonyms: Intelligence
Specialized synonyms: Steel Trap
Derivative terms: Acute, Keen, Sharp, Sharp
Definition of Acuity
1. n. Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
Definition of Acuity
1. Noun. Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acuity
1. sharpness [n -ITIES] - See also: sharpness
Medical Definition of Acuity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acuity
Literary usage of Acuity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Psychology of Musical Talent by Carl Emil Seashore (1919)
"acuity OF HEARING Physiological and mental aspects. There are two aspects of
acuity of hearing, the physical and the mental. Ordinarily defective acuity is ..."
2. Ophthalmic Jurisprudence: A Reprint from the American Encyclopedia of by Thomas Hall Shastid (1916)
"Economically, however, an individual is blind when the acuity has become so low
... Scientifically, the acuity equals a hundred per cent. only in case the ..."
3. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple (1914)
"This test, like that of visual acuity, is primarily conducted for hygienic ...
We may distinguish between simple acuity tests, which are designed merely to ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(a) Auditory acuity In more exact tests of the hearing capacity, ... Should they
not be audible at a distance of 6 meters, auditory acuity is certainly ..."
5. Visual Economics, with Rules for Estimation of the Earning Ability After by Hugo Magnus (1902)
"Disorders of the Visual Fields Complicated by Injury to the Central Visual acuity
of Different Degrees in Either Eye. Let us take another example; ..."
6. Light's Labour's Lost: Policies for Energy-Efficient Lighting by International Energy Agency (2006)
"A well-known relative visual acuity test is the standard eye test used by ...
The visual acuity score is based on the number of mistakes recorded as the ..."
7. A Text-book of Experimental Psychology: With Laboratory Exercises by Charles Samuel Myers (1911)
"... EXERCISES ON CHAPTER XVIII Sensibility and Sensory acuity VISUAL acuity. Exp.
1n. The determination is best made out of doors on ..."
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