Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perspicuity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perspicuity \Per`spi*cu"i*ty\, n. [L. perspicuitas: cf. F.
perspicuit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
2. The quality of being perspicuous to the understanding;
clearness of expression or thought.
3. Sagacity; perspicacity.
Syn: Clearness; perspicuousness; plainness; distinctness;
lucidity; transparency. See {Clearness}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perspicuity
n : clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous [syn: {perspicuousness},
{plainness}]
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