(n.) The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since focused attention is a requisite for accurate photograph recognition, these data suggest that fathers view their newborns with perspicacity comparable to that of mothers.
(2) Such an inquiry requires the perspicacity of a skilled and disciplined observer.
Perspicuity
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.
(n.) The quality of being perspicuous to the understanding; clearness of expression or thought.
(n.) Sagacity; perspicacity.
Example Sentences:
(1) This perspicuous and flexible apparatus is designed for induction as well as maintenance of anaesthesia with or without artificial ventilation.
(2) For reasons of perspicuity the items used in the various techniques were grouped in 10 different sections.
(3) This vivid model has the advantages of simplicity, perspicuity, and availability at any time, although two persons are necessary.
(4) To make the discussion perspicuous it is helpful to assume that the time evolution of the chemical system proceeds by a univariate, bistable one-step process of birth-and-death type.