Literary notes about ACUITY (AI summary)
The term acuity is frequently employed to depict both literal sensory precision and metaphorical clarity of perception. In many texts, it refers directly to the sharpness of vision, describing the ability to discern fine detail or the impact of physiological conditions on sight ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5]). Beyond the visual realm, acuity is also used in connection with other senses—such as hearing and smell—underscoring the refined sensitivity of human perception ([6], [7], [8], [9]). In a more figurative or intellectual context, the word captures a keen mental sharpness or the intensity of inner sensations, as seen when it comments on the subtle intricacies of thought or emotional insight ([10], [11], [12], [13]). Thus, acuity, in literature, serves as a versatile term that highlights precision in both sensory and cognitive experiences.
- Jour. of Physiol., 35 , 335) the effect of reduction of ocular aperture upon acuity.
— from The Telescope by Louis Bell - In full acuity of vision even high degrees of hypermetropia are no trouble to children.
— from Clinical Investigations on Squint by C. Schweigger - Visual acuity was diminished on the right, and there was general limitation of right field; left-sided vision and field normal.
— from Shell-Shock and Other Neuropsychiatric ProblemsPresented in Five Hundred and Eighty-nine Case Histories from the War Literature, 1914-1918 by Elmer Ernest Southard - Emmetropia and full visual acuity on both sides.
— from Clinical Investigations on Squint by C. Schweigger - The visual acuity of each eye was less than 6/60, but with an arrangement of lenses he could get 6/5 with either eye.
— from Shell-Shock and Other Neuropsychiatric ProblemsPresented in Five Hundred and Eighty-nine Case Histories from the War Literature, 1914-1918 by Elmer Ernest Southard - Acuity of hearing can be tested by finding the distance at which the various members of the class can hear a watch-tick.
— from The Science of Human NatureA Psychology for Beginners by William Henry Pyle - [43] Careful investigation of olfactory acuteness would reveal the existence of such menstrual heightening of its acuity.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Havelock Ellis - For the three researchers, the olfactory acuity had reached agonizing proportions.
— from The Coffin Cure by Alan Edward Nourse - The acuity of hearing was no longer so pronounced and the sense of refreshment, although still present, was not intense.
— from The Blue Germ by Maurice Nicoll - Despite the breadth and acuity of his observations, Granger suggested remarkedly few changes.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor - It would require a devil's advocate of unusual acuity to prove Stendhal a moral man or writer.
— from Egoists, A Book of Supermen Stendhal, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Anatole France, Huysmans, Barrès, Nietzsche, Blake, Ibsen, Stirner, and Ernest Hello by James Huneker - As you go down, it takes less proficiency or less mental acuity to pass a test.
— from Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission - What can I say then about intentions, which are so hidden most of the time that they can scarcely be discerned by the acuity of the inner man?
— from The Deeds of God Through the Franks by Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert
