"Acuteness" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a
crisis.
The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as,
the acuteness of an angle.
Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
Read the complete definitionSharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
Read the complete definitionAcute-angled.
Read the complete definitionTo give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
Read the complete definitionHaving nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man …
Read the complete definitionSharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; …
Read the complete definitionHigh, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or …
Read the complete definitionHaving nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute …
Read the complete definitionAttended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an …
Read the complete definitionHaving acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.
Read the complete definitionIn an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
Read the complete definitionHaving acute lobes, as some leaves.
Read the complete definitionAn acute fever.
Read the complete definitionIndisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
Read the complete definitionakyut a acute, critical sickness. v [B] for a sickness to become acute. Naakyut ang íyang apindisaytis, His appendicitis has …
Read the complete definitionIn medical jurispru-dence. The pathological efTect (as distin-guished from physiological effect) of excessive indulgence in intoxicating liquors. It is acute …
Read the complete definitionalugáynay - Slow, gentle, soft, mild, not quick, not impetuous, not impulsive; chronic, not acute (of disease); to be or …
Read the complete definitionadj. /NA-/ sharp, acute, smarting: said of pain. v. /-UM-/.
Read the complete definitionThe dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
Read the complete definitionSagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.
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