Sharpness Definition

noun

(uncountable) The cutting ability of an edge; keenness.

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(uncountable) The fineness of the point a pointed object.
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(countable) The product or result of being sharp.

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(of food etc) Pungency or acidity.

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(of an image) Distinctness, focus.

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pronoun

An inland port in Gloucestershire.

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Other Word Forms of Sharpness

Noun

Singular:
sharpness
Plural:
sharpnesses

Origin of Sharpness

  • From sharp +"Ž -ness

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Sharpness Sentence Examples

  • The sharpness of his tone made her jump.

  • Dean was startled by her sharpness, chastising himself for underestimating the young girl.

  • Thus the two images under measurement are not defined with equal sharpness and symmetry.

  • This construction would give all the advantage of the younger Dollond's object-glass micrometer, and more than its sharpness of definition, without liability to the systematic errors which may be due to want of homogeneity of the object-glass; for the lenses will not be turned with respect to each other, but, in measurement, will always have the same relation in position angle to the line joining the objects under observation.

  • She studied him, noticing the sharpness of his gaze for the first time.

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Words Starting With

SSHSHA

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