acute: Word of the day for October 9, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot

acute: Word of the day for October 9, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot

acute , adj : Brief, quick, short. High or shrill. Intense, sensitive, sharp. Urgent. (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base). (geometry) Of an angle: less than 90 degrees. (geometry) Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees. (linguistics, chiefly historical) …