Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distinctness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distinctness \Dis*tinct"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or
difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.
The soul's . . . distinctness from the body.
--Cudworth.
2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he
stated his arguments with great distinctness.
Syn: Plainness; clearness; precision; perspicuity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
distinctness
n 1: the quality of being sharp and clear [syn: {sharpness}]
[ant: {indistinctness}]
2: the state of being several and distinct [syn: {discreteness},
{separateness}, {severalty}]
3: the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different
from that otherwise experienced or known [syn: {otherness},
{separateness}]
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