Found 2 hits - Term: distinctness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
distinctness \distinct"ness\, n.
1. the quality or state of being distinct; a separation or
difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.
1913 webster
the soul's . . . distinctness from the body.
--cudworth.
1913 webster
2. nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he
stated his arguments with great distinctness.
syn: plainness; clearness; precision; perspicuity.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
distinctness
n 1: the quality of being sharp and clear syn: sharpness
ant: indistinctness
2: the state of being several and distinct syn: discreteness,
separateness, severalty
3: the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different
from that otherwise experienced or known syn: otherness,
separateness
see also:
sharpness indistinctness discreteness separateness severalty otherness
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