acuity (redirected from auditory acuity)

a·cu·i·ty  (-ky-t)

n.

Acuteness of vision or perception; keenness.

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[Middle English acuite, from Old French, ultimately from Latin actus, sharp; see acute.]

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acuity [əˈkjuːɪtɪ]

n

1. keenness or acuteness, esp in vision or thought

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) the capacity of the eye to see fine detail, measured by determining the finest detail that can just be detected

[from Old French, from Latin acūtus acute]

Thesaurus

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

Translations

acuity [əˈkjuːɪtɪ] N → acuidad f, agudeza f

acuity [æˈkjuːɪti] n → acuité f
mental acuity → acuité mentale
visual acuity → acuité visuelle

acuity

n → Scharfsinn m, → Klugheit f; (of mind) → Schärfe f

acuity [əˈkjuːɪtɪ] n (frm) → acutezza