Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alertness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alertness \A*lert"ness\, n.
The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness;
nimbleness; activity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alertness
n 1: the process of paying close and continuous attention [syn: {watchfulness},
{vigilance}]
2: a state of readiness to respond; "alerting was indicated by
the desynchronization of the EEG" [syn: {alerting}]
3: lively attentiveness [syn: {on the qui vive}]
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