From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Distinctness \Dis*tinct"ness\, noun
1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.
The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. --Cudworth.
2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness.
Syn: Plainness; clearness; precision; perspicuity.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
distinctness
noun
1: the quality of being sharp and clear [syn: {sharpness}] [ant: {indistinctness}]
2: the state of being several and distinct [syn: {discreteness}, {separateness}, {severalty}]
3: the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known [syn: {otherness}, {separateness}]
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