crispness
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈkrɪspnəs/
- Specialized
:
nitidez
- "The crispness of the typography really impacts both reading speed and eyestrain and the pleasantness of reading," Nielsen said.
Examples
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You can go into the display options and switch to 1440 x 900, which still looks nice, but you lose a hair of Retina crispness since you're scaling to a non-native resolution.
Blog text (34) -
Listening for the crispness of the new Rand McNallys my father had bought at the neighborhood filling station, I'd hear a quick flap of paper as he shook out the huge sheets like laundry to be clipped on the line.
Fiction book (1998) -
The art has a clear style, but it feels very undefined around the edges and lacks the crispness of a 2012 offering.
Blog text (34) -
This is grandiose with a really, really fine point, and this is just so I can get that crispness that I want, particularly at that outer edge.
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Nielsen highlighted the crispness of typography on the new iPad.
Blog text (13) -
It's good side, which is dot from the side while you get the crispness that's associated with black frame insertion or backlight strobing.
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Of course, this can still lead to issues with some image crispness, but that's the next frontier of adaptive/responsive design, it seems, with the various image-serving techniques.
Blog text (27) -
The crispness may have been the sharpness setting of your video card, and the lack of smoothness is exactly what I experienced when I upgraded my old computer until I went to Nvidia and installed the driver for my card.
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The screen doesn't hold up against the crispness of the iPad's retina resolution, but still manages a lovely colorful pop to suit the colorful, poppy Windows 8.
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The crispness of the image on the new television makes every detail easier to see.
Synonyms
91
3.9
How clear and detailed an image or screen looks
41
2.8
How clear and easy it is to see the shape or small details of something
5
3.2
How clear and detailed an image or sound appears
Antonyms
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crispness also traces back to crispus, the old word that shifted toward 'sharp' and 'clear'. That is why the crispness of an image or screen means its edges and fine details look very clear and sharp.