| NOUN | cognition | acuity, visual acuity, sharp-sightedness | sharpness of vision |
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| cognition | acuity, acuteness, sharpness, keenness | a quick and penetrating intelligence |
| Sounds | ahkyuw'ahtiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart). | |
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| Synonyms | visual acuity, sharp-sightedness | |
| Narrower | oxyopia | unusually acute vision |
| twenty-twenty, 20/20 | Normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feet | |
| Broader | sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality | The ability to see |
| Spanish | acuidad, agudeza, agudeza visual | |
| Catalan | agudesa visual | |
| Meaning | A quick and penetrating intelligence. | |
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| Synonyms | acuteness, sharpness, keenness | |
| Narrower | steel trap | An acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps) |
| Broader | intelligence | The ability to comprehend |
| Spanish | acuidad, agudeza, vivacidad, viveza | |
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