Sharpness may refer to: * Sharpness, Gloucestershire, a port in England *

Sharpness (cutting) Sharpness refers to the ability of a blade, point, or cutting implement to cut through materials with minimal force, and can more specifically be defined as the capacity of a surface to initiate the cut.S. Schuldt, G. Arnold, J. Kowalewski, Y. ...

, the capacity of a surface to initiate a cut on another surface * Sharpness (visual), a combination of resolution and acutance ** Critical focus or critical sharpness, the area of maximal optical resolution * Sharpness of vision, or visual acuity * A bitterness of flavour, for example, in sharp cheddar cheese *

Intelligence Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as t ...

, perceptiveness, or " street smarts" *

Acutance In photography, acutance describes a subjective perception of visual acuity that is related to the edge contrast of an image. Acutance is related to the magnitude of the gradient of brightness. Due to the nature of the human visual system, an ...

, sharpness of an image

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