hyperacuity

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noun

sensory performance finer than the receptor grain

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Meanings

nounhyperacuity (countable and uncountable, plural hyperacuities)

plural hyperacuities

  1. countableuncountablesensory performance finer than the receptor grain

    Acuity and hyperacuity are now used as the terms applied to the limits, respectively, of resolution and localization.

    2009, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, volume V, Oxford Academic Press

Origin

From hyper- + acuity.

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APA

hyperacuity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperacuity

MLA

“hyperacuity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperacuity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperacuity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperacuity.

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