Dictionary

acutance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [-ɾn̩(t)s] (General-American)
• /əˈkjuːt(ə)n(t)s/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /əˈkjutn̩(t)s/ (General-American)

Etymology

From acute (“intense, sensitive, sharp”, adjective) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Edge contrast or sharpness in an image; also, a measure of this.
2. (countable) An instance of the edge contrast or sharpness in an image.

Forms

Relateds

acuteness · acuity

Translations (13)

fi akutanssi ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · it acutanza ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · fr acutance ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · cs ostrost ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · fr piqué ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · fi akutanssi ((uncountable) measure of the edge contrast or sharpness in an image) · fi ääriviivaterävyys ((uncountable) measure of the edge contrast or sharpness in an image) · fi ääriviivaterävyys ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · pl akutancja ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · de Akutanz ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · es acutancia ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · cmn 銳度 /锐度 ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this) · ca acutància ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this)