Hyperacuity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    sensory performance finer than the receptor grain countable, uncountable

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

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

Etymology

From hyper- + acuity.

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