hyperacuity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hyper- +‎ acuity

Noun[edit]

hyperacuity (countable and uncountable, plural hyperacuities)

  1. sensory performance finer than the receptor grain
    • 2009, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, volume V, Oxford Academic Press:
      Acuity and hyperacuity are now used as the terms applied to the limits, respectively, of resolution and localization.

References[edit]

  • Westheimer, G. (1975). Visual acuity and hyperacuity. Investigative Ophthalmology, 14, 570-572
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