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Another word for distinctness

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Noun

  1. The quality of being clear and easy to perceive or understand

    See also:

    clear

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Another word for distinctness

Noun

  1. Discreteness

      1. The quality of being distinct or unlike; difference.
      2. A point of distinction or difference.
      1. The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart:
      2. The condition of being apart, especially the condition of two people who had lived together or been married living in different places.
      3. An interval or space that separates; a gap:
      1. The act of dissociating or the condition of having been dissociated.
      2. The process by which the action of a solvent or a change in physical condition, as in pressure or temperature, causes a molecule to split into simpler groups of atoms, single atoms, or ions.
      3. The separation of an electrolyte into ions of opposite charge.
      1. The act or process of disconnecting or detaching; separation.
      2. The state of being separate or detached.
      3. Indifference to or remoteness from the concerns of others; aloofness:
    See also:

    individuality

    division

    difference

  2. Clearness

    See also:

    clarity

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Sentence Examples

  • This method has the advantage of distinctness, and so is writer less trying to the eyes of the operators.

  • The distinctness of the dragon-flies from other insects included in Linnaeus's Neuroptera was long ago recognized by J.

  • He surpassed them both in the distinctness with which he saw results, and in the boldness with which he formulated and followed his conclusions.

  • Miss Keller will never be able, I believe, to speak loud without destroying the pleasant quality and the distinctness of her words, but she can do much to make her speech clearer.

  • The style is wearisome and prolix, attaining to precision at the expense of circumlocution, and setting forth the smallest particulars with the same distinctness as the main features of the narrative.

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