acuity

Noun
  1. Sharpness of vision;
    The visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) (synset 105663412)
    is a type of: sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense - the ability to see; the visual faculty
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: sharp-sightedness, visual acuity
  2. A quick and penetrating intelligence (synset 105628251)
    "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
    is a type of: intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
    subtypes: steel trap - an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps)
    same as: acuteness, keenness, sharpness

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