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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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