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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the quality of being sharp and clear;
[syn: distinctness, sharpness]

2. the state of being several and distinct;
[syn: discreteness, distinctness, separateness, severalty]

3. the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known;
[syn: otherness, distinctness, separateness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Distinctness \Dis*tinct"ness\, n. 1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. [1913 Webster] The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster] 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness. Syn: Plainness; clearness; precision; perspicuity. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

distinctness n 1: the quality of being sharp and clear [syn: distinctness, sharpness] [ant: blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness] 2: the state of being several and distinct [syn: discreteness, distinctness, separateness, severalty] 3: the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known [syn: otherness, distinctness, separateness]