sharpness
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See also: Sharpness
Etymology
From Middle English sharpnesse, scharpnesse, from Old English sċearpnes (“sharpness”), equivalent to sharp + -ness.
Noun
sharpness (countable and uncountable, plural sharpnesses)
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
- The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
- (of an image) distinctness, focus.
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
- (obsolete) edge or blade
Synonyms
Translations
cutting ability of an edge
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fineness of a point
pungency, acidity
of an image
of intelligence
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See also
- (of an image): acutance
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