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| '''Clarity''' is the property of being clear or transparent. Clarity can also refer to one's ability to clearly visualize an object or [[concept]], as in [[thought]], [[understanding]], and the "mind's eye", as well as the [[traditional]] notion of visual [[perception]], that is, with the actual eyes. Clarity may also refer more broadly to 'perspicacity', the Zen concept of 'no mind', or other terms denoting general clear and unperplexed [[cognition]]. | | '''Clarity''' is the property of being clear or transparent. Clarity can also refer to one's ability to clearly visualize an object or [[concept]], as in [[thought]], [[understanding]], and the "mind's eye", as well as the [[traditional]] notion of visual [[perception]], that is, with the actual eyes. Clarity may also refer more broadly to 'perspicacity', the Zen concept of 'no mind', or other terms denoting general clear and unperplexed [[cognition]]. |
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| *As a technical term of photography and imaging, clarity refers to sharpness and image resolution. | | *As a technical term of photography and imaging, clarity refers to sharpness and image resolution. |
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| From ME. clarté, a. OF. clarté:L. clritt-em clearness, f. clr-us clear. This early form has been changed in two directions: first by assimilation to clere, cleer, CLEAR, it became clerté, cleerte, CLERETE (cf. surety), which became obs. in 16th c.; secondly under influence of the Lat. [[original]], it became clarité, claritie, clarity (cf. purity, [[security]], etc.); this became almost obs. by 1700, but has been revived by many modern writers, and is now frequent in sense 4. | | From ME. clarté, a. OF. clarté:L. clritt-em clearness, f. clr-us clear. This early form has been changed in two directions: first by assimilation to clere, cleer, CLEAR, it became clerté, cleerte, CLERETE (cf. surety), which became obs. in 16th c.; secondly under influence of the Lat. [[original]], it became clarité, claritie, clarity (cf. purity, [[security]], etc.); this became almost obs. by 1700, but has been revived by many modern writers, and is now frequent in sense 4. |
| ==Definition== | | ==Definition== |
− | *1. Brightness, lustre, brilliancy, splendour. Obs. (An exceedingly common sense in 17th c.) | + | *1. Brightness, lustre, brilliancy, splendour. Obs. (An exceedingly common [[sense]] in 17th c.) |
| :b. with pl. Obs. | | :b. with pl. Obs. |
− | :c. fig. ‘Light’. Obs. | + | :c. fig. ‘[[Light]]’. Obs. |
− | *2. Glory, divine lustre. Obs. | + | *2. [[Glory]], [[divine]] lustre. Obs. |
− | *3. Illustrious quality; lustre of renown. Obs. | + | *3. Illustrious [[quality]]; lustre of renown. Obs. |
− | *4. Clearness: in various current uses; e.g. of colour, sky, atmosphere, sight, intellect, judgement, conscience, style. | + | *4. Clearness: in various current uses; e.g. of [[colour]], sky, atmosphere, [[sight]], [[intellect]], [[judgement]], conscience, style. |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |