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a·cu·i·ty

(ə-kyo͞o′ĭ-tē)

Acuteness of vision or perception; keenness.

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

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acuity

(əˈkjuːɪtɪ)

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]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

a•cu•i•ty

(əˈkyu ɪ ti)

n.

sharpness; acuteness; keenness: visual acuity; acuity of mind.

[1375–1425; < Old French < Medieval Latin, Late Latin acuitās= Latin acu(ere) to sharpen or acū(tus) sharpened (see acute) + -itās -ity]

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Noun	1.	acuity - sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) sharp-sightedness, visual acuity visual modality, visual sense, vision, sight - the ability to see; the visual faculty 20/20, twenty-twenty - normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feet oxyopia - unusually acute vision
	2.	acuity - a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" keenness, sharpness, acuteness intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience steel trap - an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps); "he's as sharp as a steel trap"; "a mind like a steel trap"

Translations

âcreté acrimonie acuité âpreté attention

acuità

acuity

[əˈkjuːɪtɪ] N → acuidad f, agudeza f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

acuity

[æˈkjuːɪti] n → acuité f
mental acuity → acuité mentale
visual acuity → acuité visuelle

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

acuity

n → Scharfsinn m, → Klugheit f; (of mind) → Schärfe f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

acuity

[əˈkjuːɪtɪ] n (frm) → acutezza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

a·cu·i·ty

n. agudeza; precisión;

visual ___ → ___visual.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

acuity

n agudeza; visual — agudeza visual

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