n, pl  -ities  :  greater than normal acuteness esp. of a sense : specif  :  visual acuity that is better than twenty-twenty - compare GRATING ACUITY STEREOACUITY VERNIER ACUITY  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  hy·per·acute  para·quat  per·acute 
 
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