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Webster 1913 Edition


Distinctness

Dis-tinct′ness

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Noun.
1.
The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.
The soul’s . . .
distinctness
from the body.
Cudworth.
Syn. – Plainness; clearness; precision; perspicuity.

Webster 1828 Edition


Distinctness

DISTINCTNESS

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Noun.
1.
The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things; as the distinctness of two ideas, or of distant objects.
2.
Nice discrimination; whence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness.

Definition 2024


distinctness

distinctness

English

Noun

distinctness (usually uncountable, plural distinctnesses)

  1. The property or degree of being distinct.