acuteness

acuteness

English

Etymology

acute +‎ -ness

Noun

acuteness (usually uncountable, plural acutenesses)

1. The quality of being acute or pointed

   the acuteness of an angle

2. (of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness

   By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions

   by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions

3. Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
4. (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
5. Shrewdness, quickness of mind

Synonyms

• sharpness, acumen, keenness

Related terms

• acutance

Translations

quality of being pointed

Esperanto: akro, akreco

Finnish: terävyys (fi)

of the senses or feelings: sensitiveness

Esperanto: akro, akreco

Finnish: tarkkuus (fi), terävyys (fi)

shrillness

Finnish: kimeys (fi)

violence of a disease

Finnish: akuuttisuus

shrewdness, quickness of mind

Finnish: oveluus (fi) (shrewdness); nokkeluus (fi) (quickness)