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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
acute
    adj 1: having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe
           course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the
           illness"; "acute patients" [ant: chronic]
    2: extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute
       annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" [syn: acute,
       intense]
    3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
       distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
       politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning";
       "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating
       insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute,
       discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike,
       penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp]
    4: of an angle; less than 90 degrees [ant: obtuse]
    5: ending in a sharp point [syn: acuate, acute, sharp,
       needlelike]
    6: of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or
       critical) lack of research funds"
    n 1: a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
         [syn: acute accent, acute, ague]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Acute \A*cute"\, a. [L. acutus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen, fr.
   a root ak to be sharp. Cf. Ague, Cute, Edge.]
   1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; --
      opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an
      acute leaf.
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   2. Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute
      distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to
      dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks,
      or reasoning.
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   3. Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight
      impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen;
      intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling;
      acute pain or pleasure.
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   4. High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; --
      opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
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   5. (Med.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity,
      and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic;
      as, an acute disease. AS
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   Acute angle (Geom.), an angle less than a right angle.
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   Syn: Subtile; ingenious; sharp; keen; penetrating; sagacious;
        sharp-witted; shrewd; discerning; discriminating. See
        Subtile.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Acute \A*cute"\, v. t.
   To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising
   inflection too much. [R.] --Walker.
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4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
ACUTE
       Airbus Cockpit Universal Thrust Emulator (Airbus, A380)
       

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