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hyperacuity

hyperacuity noun: sensory performance finer than the receptor grain.

Noun

hyperacuity (countable and uncountable, plural hyperacuities)

  1. sensory performance finer than the receptor grain
    • Acuity and hyperacuity are now used as the terms applied to the limits, respectively, of resolution and localization.2009, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, volume V, Oxford Academic Press

Forms of hyperacuity

pluralhyperacuities

Origin of hyperacuity

From hyper- + acuity.

Questions about hyperacuity

What does hyperacuity mean?
Hyperacuity means sensory performance finer than the receptor grain.
What part of speech is hyperacuity?
Hyperacuity is a noun.
What is the plural of hyperacuity?
The plural of hyperacuity is hyperacuities.

Words near hyperacuity in the dictionary

  1. hyperactivism
  2. hyperactivities
  3. hyperactivity
  4. hyperactual
  5. hyperacuities
  6. hyperacuity
  7. hyperacusia
  8. hyperacusic
  9. hyperacusis
  10. hyperacute
  11. hyperacutely

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