| noun | 1. The sharpness of a photographic or printed image. |
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| | | "I prefer to use my manual camera so I can adjust the acutance by hand." |
| | | "The evening shadows will create an interesting level of acutance in these photos." |
| | | "Although the acutance is high, these files are very small, so the images might still be blurry." |
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| English, mid-20th century |
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| The adjective "acute" has multiple usages: describing something experienced to an intense degree, or describing a highly developed insight, a sharp point, or an angle less than 90 degrees. It makes sense, then, that "acute" was borrowed by photographers in the mid-20th century to describe the sharpness of an image. ... | Continue Reading |
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