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What does acute mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word acute? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Urgent.
  2. Sensitive.
  3. Short, quick, brief.
  4. (geometry) Of an angle, less than 90 degrees.
  5. (geometry) Of a triangle, having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
  6. (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base)
  7. (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity (unlike the common usage).
  8. (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
  9. (orthography, after a letter) Having an acute accent.
  10. High or shrill.
Noun
  1. (orthography) An acute accent.
  2. A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
Verb
  1. (phonetics) To give an acute sound to.
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