acuteness: betekenis en definities

The quality of being acute or pointed; as, the acuteness of an angle.

The faculty of nice discernment or perception; 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.

Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.

Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.

Shrewdness, quickness of mind