Entry: acutance (n.)
In context: "Troeltsch pretends to shuffle cards. 'Next item. Next like flash-card. Define acutance. Anybody?"
Definition: The sharpness of a photographic or printed image; a numerical measure of this.
Other: A nice meta-ish entry/usage for today.
If you ever make an inappropriate comment about an attractive person walking past you, you can now always say, "I said acutance!"
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 96
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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