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Definitions: Acuity |
AcuityNoun1. Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart). 2. A quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acuity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Clarity or clearness, especially of the vision. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AcuitySynonyms: acuteness (n), keenness (n), sharpness (n), sharp-sightedness (n), visual acuity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sharpness | Noun: sharpness; Adjective: acuity, acumination; spinosity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Acuity |
| English words defined with "acuity": dense, dim, dull, dumb ♦ Hermann Snellen ♦ obtuse ♦ slow, Snellen, Snellen chart, Snellen test, stupid ♦ visual acuity. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "acuity": Albinism, Ocular ♦ chiasmal arachnoiditis, Contrast Sensitivity, Corneal Edema ♦ Diagnostic Techniques, Otological, DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINER ♦ Edmond's chart, Edmond's picture chart, Edmont pictures, Evans acuity test, Evans'test, Ewing vision test chart, Ewing's chart ♦ Gould vision-test chart ♦ Hunt-Giles test ♦ Legal blindness ♦ miners' nystagmus ♦ OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN, Optic Nerve Diseases, optico-chiasmatic arachnoiditis ♦ Snellen Visual Acuity Chart. (references) |
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 | Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuity chart. (Chart 1).Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |  | The Snellen visual acuity chart.Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
 | Visual Acuity and Depth Perception : Sch. Aiv. Med.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Reduced hearing acuity during infancy and early childhood interferes with the development of speech and verbal language skills. (references) | |
This assessment should include measures of quality of life and social role function in addition to lack of mental acuity and depression. (references) | ||
Studies of animal models indicate that monoclonal antibodies and two immunosuppressant drugs, cyclophosphamide and azathioprine, may accelerate remyelination, while steroids may inhibit it. The ability of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) to restore visual acuity and/or muscle strength is also being investigated. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Acuity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acuity" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 61 | 43,149 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| South Africa | Acuity Group Holdings Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "acuity": Evans acuity test ♦ Snellen Visual Acuity Chart ♦ Visual acuity. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
acuity | 95 |
acuity insurance | 53 |
visual acuity | 47 |
acuity brand | 29 |
acuity bank | 18 |
acuity golf | 10 |
acuity test visual | 9 |
acuity improve | 8 |
acuity patient | 7 |
acuity club golf | 6 |
acuity vision | 5 |
acuity chart visual | 5 |
acuity company insurance | 5 |
acuity funds | 4 |
acuity group lighting | 4 |
acuity lighting | 4 |
acuity pharmaceutical | 4 |
acuity product specialty | 4 |
acuity precision.com | 3 |
acuity improving visual | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "acuity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | attensie (advertence, advertency, attention), ag (account, accredit, advertence, advertency, ah, attention, believe, consider, deem, eight, esteem, look, oh, opine, ow, regard, think, think well of, view, watch, woe), aandag (advertence, advertency, attention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mprehtësi (acumen, acuteness, clairvoyance, discernment, edge, insight, penetration, perspicacity, poignancy, quickness, resourcefulness, salt, sharpness, subtlety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فطنة (acumen, acuteness, astuteness, discernment, insight, intellect, keenness, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness, wit), حدة (acridity, acrimony, acuteness, asperity, edge, great rage, intensification, intensity, keenness, loneness, paroxysmal, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, ruggedness, severity, sharpness, solitariness, solitude, temper, vehemence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | остър характер, проницателност (acumen, discernment, edge, fathom, fineness, insight, penetration, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 敏" (Acumen, keen, Observant, shrewd). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skarpsyn, skarphed (acerbity, acrimony, sharpness), opmærksomhed (advertence, advertency, attention), hurtighed og pludselighed i sygdomsforløb. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scherpte (acerbity, acrimony, angularity, definition, fineness, pungent stimulus, sharpness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | ansur (advertence, advertency, attention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تیزفهمی , تیزهوشی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | näöntarkkuus (sharpness of vision, visual acuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acuité (acerbity, acrimony, acute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | skerpte (acerbity, acrimony, sharpness), skerpens (acerbity, acrimony, sharpness), regaad (advertence, advertency, attention), omtinken (advertence, advertency, attention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sehschärfe (sharpness of vision, visual acuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οξεία διαδρομή νόσου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | élesség (acerbity, acrimoniousness, acrimony, acuteness, asperity, crispness, keenness, poignancy, pungency, sharpness, stridency), hevesség (acuteness, Ardor, ardour, bluster, dash, fervency, fierceness, impetuosity, keenness, mettle, poignancy, rampageousness, rampancy, severity, vehemence, warmth), éleselméjűség (acuteness, brilliance, brilliancy, insight, perspicacity, shrewdness), éles ész (acumen, acuteness, hair-trigger mind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | von (advertence, advertency, attention, hope), skarpskyggni (acerbity, acrimony, sharpness), hvassleiki (acerbity, acrimony, sharpness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ketajaman (acidity, acrimony, acumen, discernment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acutezza (acuteness, keenness, poignancy), attenzione (advertence, advertency, attention, beware, care, carefulness, cave, delicacy, esteem, heed, heedfulness, kindness, look out, mind out there, notice, regard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | toiggaltys (intellect, understanding), geyre-cheeayll. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | atenshon (advertence, advertency, attention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acuityay agudeza (acerbity, acrimony, acuteness, perspicuity, poignancy, sharpness, wit), acuidade (acerbity, acrimony, exercise, perceptivity, sharpness). (various references) atenţie (advertence, advertency, attention, be careful, care, careful, carefulness, caution, closeness, complaisance, consideration, deliberation, have a care, heed, here goes, homage, interest, look out, lookout, mindfulness, note, notice, observance, regard, remark, stand by, thought, vigilance, watch), ascuţime (acuteness, keenness), acuitate (acuteness, sharpness). (various references) острота (acridity, acridness, acuteness, bon mot, fineness, funnies, joke, mot, one-liner, pepper, pepperiness, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, quip, sharpness, trenchancy, wisecrack, witticism). (various references) oštrina (acrimony, asperity, keenness, sharpness). (various references) atención (advertence, advertency, alertness, attention, attentiveness, beware, care, cave, chariness, fore, heed, kindness, look out, notice, regard, solicitude, thoughtfulness), agudeza (acridity, acumen, acuteness, asperity, insight, mot, quickness, severity, sharpness, wisp, wit, witticism). (various references) notisi (advertence, advertency, attention). (various references) ukali (acerbity, acrimony, sharpness). (various references) skärpa (acerbity, acridity, acridness, acrimony, acuteness, asperity, definition, edge, exactness, give an edge to, increase, poignancy, pungency, put an edge on, severity, sharpen, sharpness, stiffen, sting, strengthen, to hone, to sharpen, to whet, whet), skarpsinne (acumen, discrimination, insight, penetration, perspicacity, sagacity). (various references) zekâ (acumen, acuteness, brain, brains, cleverness, cuteness, deepness, gray matter, grey matter, intelligence, mental, mentality, nous, penetration, quick wit, sagacity, sapience, senses, understanding, wit), sivrilik (pointedness), keskinlik (acridity, acuteness, bite, bitter, bitterness, edge, intension, keenness, mordacity, mordancy, penetration, piquancy, poignancy, pointedness, pungency, quickness, sharpness, tartness, trenchancy, virulence). (various references) гострість (acuteness, edge), гострота (acridity, acrimony, acumen, acuteness, pepper, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, quickness, savor, savour, sharpness, subtlety), гострий характер. (various references) tính sắc bén (acuteness, incisiveness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acies, acritas, acror, acumen. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "acuity": hyperacuity, vacuity. (additional references) | |
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"Acuity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accuity, aceite, acity, acquity, acruity, actuity, acuitied, acuits, acult, acutiy, aksumite, anuity, aquity, asity, Caiuby, cauty, Macavity, Mcquitty, saucity, Zakuti. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acuity" (pronounced ukyuw"utē) |
| 6 | -k y uw" u t ē | promiscuity. |
| 5 | -y uw" u t ē | ambiguity, perpetuity. |
| 4 | -uw" u t ē | annuity, congruity, continuity, discontinuity, gratuity, incongruity, ingenuity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, connectivity, constitutionality, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: city, yuca. | |
-3 letters: act, ait, cat, cay, cut, icy, tau, tic, tui, uta. | |
-4 letters: ai, at, ay, it, ta, ti, ut, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: paucity, raucity, vacuity. | |
+2 letters: audacity, caducity, cymatium, fugacity, ultimacy. | |
+3 letters: actuality, autolytic, casuistry, causality, eucalypti, loquacity, pugnacity, sequacity, unclarity, untypical. | |
+4 letters: articulacy, capitulary, captiously, causticity, cautionary, cautiously, coequality, curability, curatively, cutability, cystinuria, eukaryotic, eurybathic, factiously, factuality, incubatory, jocularity, judicatory, musicality, nautically, rustically, secularity, unchastity. | |
+5 letters: actuarially, anticruelty, aquatically, atrociously, causatively, caustically, cellularity, circularity, circulatory, communality, conjugality, continually, culpability, customarily, cystinurias, educability, facetiously, fractiously, functionary, hyperacuity, ichthyosaur, inculpatory, ineluctably, inscrutably, lieutenancy, lucratively, masculinity, multiagency, muscularity, oracularity, peculiarity, punctuality, specularity, subliteracy, taciturnity, tenaciously, uncertainly, uncertainty, untypically, vascularity, vulcanicity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 75 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. ..- .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110101 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c u i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0075 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356987758691 |
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