acutance

== English == === Etymology === From acute (“intense, sensitive, sharp”, adjective) +‎ -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkjuːt(ə)n(t)s/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈkjutn̩(t)s/, [-ɾn̩(t)s] Hyphenation: acut‧ance === Noun === acutance (countable and uncountable, plural acutances) (photography) (uncountable) Edge contrast or sharpness in an image; also, a measure of this. [from mid 20th c.] (countable) An instance of the edge contrast or sharpness in an image. ==== Related terms ==== acuity acuteness ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === acutance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia