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- Dictionaryacuity/əˈkjuːɪti/
noun
- 1. sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing: "intellectual acuity"
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The meaning of ACUITY is keenness of perception. How to use acuity in a sentence. Do you have acuity or sensitivity?
the ability to hear, see, or think accurately and clearly: Tiredness also affects visual acuity. He was a man of great political acuity. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Intelligence. acumen. agility. aptness. artful. brain. gumption. highbrow. horse sense. hyper-intelligent. imaginative. perceptively. percipiently. perspicaciously.
Acuity definition: sharpness; acuteness; keenness. See examples of ACUITY used in a sentence.
ACUITY meaning: 1. the ability to hear, see, or think accurately and clearly: 2. the ability to hear, see, or…. Learn more.
Definitions of acuity. noun. sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) synonyms: sharp-sightedness, visual acuity. see more. noun. a quick and penetrating intelligence. synonyms: acuteness, keenness, sharpness. see more.
noun. sharpness; acuteness; keenness. acuity of vision.
1. keenness or acuteness, esp in vision or thought. 2. (Physiology) the capacity of the eye to see fine detail, measured by determining the finest detail that can just be detected. [C15: from Old French, from Latin acūtus acute]
noun. Acuteness of vision or perception; keenness. American Heritage. Acuteness; keenness, as of thought or vision. Webster's New World. Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc. Wiktionary. Synonyms: keenness. acuteness. sharpness. sharp-sightedness. visual acuity. sharp-wittedness. quick-wittedness. braininess. perspicaciousness.
Definition of acuity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the noun acuity mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun acuity, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. acuity has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. pharmacology (Middle English) pathology (1830s) See meaning & use.
