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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