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Acuity

noun

Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart). Synonyms: sharp-sightedness, visual acuity.

A quick and penetrating intelligence. Synonyms: acuteness, keenness, sharpness. "I admired the keenness of his mind"

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"Acuity" Quotes from Famous Books

... &c adj.; acuity, acumination^; spinosity^. point, spike, spine, spicule [Biol.], spiculum^; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle^, bear grass [U.S.], tine, yucca. nib, tooth, tusk; spoke, cog, ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

Words linked to "Acuity" : visual acuity, twenty-twenty, visual modality, keenness, visual sense, 20/20, sharpness, intelligence, vision, sharp-sightedness, steel trap, sight, acuteness, oxyopia