"acutance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈkjuːt(ə)n(t)s/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈkjutn̩(t)s/ [General-American], [-ɾn̩(t)s] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acutance.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-acutance.wav [General-American] Forms: acutances [plural]
Etymology: From acute (“intense, sensitive, sharp”, adjective) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states). Etymology templates: {{lg|suffix}} suffix, {{lg|noun}} noun, {{affix|en|acute|-ance|pos1=a|pos2=suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states|t1=intense, sensitive, sharp}} acute (“intense, sensitive, sharp”, adjective) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acutance (countable and uncountable, plural acutances), {{tlb|en|photography}} (photography)
  1. (uncountable) Edge contrast or sharpness in an image; also, a measure of this. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-acutance-en-noun-kEYQP4Ob Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Photography Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Photography: 53 47 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  2. (countable) An instance of the edge contrast or sharpness in an image. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-acutance-en-noun-oVQLzTcr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance, Entries with translation boxes, Photography Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Photography: 53 47 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: acuity, acuteness Translations ((uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this): acutància [masculine] (Catalan), 銳度 /锐度 (ruìdù) (Chinese Mandarin), ostrost [feminine] (Czech), akutanssi (Finnish), ääriviivaterävyys (Finnish), acutance (French), piqué [masculine] (French), Akutanz [feminine] (German), acutanza (Italian), akutancja [feminine] (Polish), acutancia [masculine] (Spanish) Translations ((uncountable) measure of the edge contrast or sharpness in an image): akutanssi (Finnish), ääriviivaterävyys (Finnish)
Disambiguation of '(uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this': 48 52 Disambiguation of '(uncountable) measure of the edge contrast or sharpness in an image': 54 46

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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "(uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "akutancja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "(uncountable) edge contrast or sharpness in an image; (countable) an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acutancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "(uncountable) measure of the edge contrast or sharpness in an image",
      "word": "akutanssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "(uncountable) measure of the edge contrast or sharpness in an image",
      "word": "ääriviivaterävyys"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acutance"
}

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