| slovo | definícia |
acuity
(encz) | acuity,jasnost Josef Kosek |
acuity
(encz) | acuity,ostrost Josef Kosek |
Acuity
(gcide) | Acuity \A*cu"i*ty\, n. [LL. acuitas: cf. F. acuit['e].]
Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
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acuity
(wn) | acuity
n 1: sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine
detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) [syn:
acuity, visual acuity, sharp-sightedness]
2: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great
acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn:
acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
acuity
(encz) | acuity,jasnost Josef Kosekacuity,ostrost Josef Kosek |
vacuity
(encz) | vacuity,bezobsažnost vacuity,dutina n: Zdeněk Brožvacuity,prázdnota n: Zdeněk Brož |
visual acuity
(encz) | visual acuity, n: |
Vacuity
(gcide) | Vacuity \Va*cu"i*ty\ (v[.a]*k[=u]"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. vacuitas.
See Vacuous.]
1. The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled;
emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of
countenance.
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Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a
fresh supply of aliment. --Arbuthnot.
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2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an
invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.
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A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of
matter. --Bentley.
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God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill
every vacuity of our soul. --Rogers.
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3. Want of reality; inanity; nihility. [R.]
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Their expectations will meet with vacuity.
--Glanvill.
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acuity
(wn) | acuity
n 1: sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine
detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) [syn:
acuity, visual acuity, sharp-sightedness]
2: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great
acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn:
acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness] |
vacuity
(wn) | vacuity
n 1: the absence of matter [syn: vacuum, vacuity]
2: a region that is devoid of matter [syn: vacuum, vacuity]
3: total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: inanity,
senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness] |
visual acuity
(wn) | visual acuity
n 1: sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine
detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) [syn:
acuity, visual acuity, sharp-sightedness] |
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