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  • proper noun an inland port in Gloucestershire

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Examples

  • Sharpness, unlike a lot of things that you ingest, is about speed and it's addictive.

    Knife Seller Jay Patel's Passion for a Sharp Edge 2010

  • Paul Barnett, a guest blogger on Ruscombe Green, shares his enthusiasm for this ships 'graveyard on the banks of the Severn estuary: it has been established that the site, which stretches 1. 5km to the north of Sharpness New Dock entrance, is the final resting place of 81 vessels and encapsulate steel, timber and concrete constructions.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • Paul Barnett, a guest blogger on Ruscombe Green, shares his enthusiasm for this ships 'graveyard on the banks of the Severn estuary: it has been established that the site, which stretches 1. 5km to the north of Sharpness New Dock entrance, is the final resting place of 81 vessels and encapsulate steel, timber and concrete constructions.

    Purton Hulks 2008

  • Sharpness in one parameter induces blurriness in the other.

    Is Death the End? Experiments Suggest You Create Time M.D. Robert Lanza 2010

  • Sharpness in one parameter induces blurriness in the other.

    Discover - The Biocentric Universe Theory: Life Creates Time, Space, and the Cosmos Itself William Harryman 2009

  • Can you post some details about camera settings as far as Contrast / Saturation / Tone / Sharpness, or a little about what you did in PS to adjust the photo from how it came out of the camera to what we see here?

    On Assignment: Controlling Daylight, Pt. 1 2008

  • Sharpness, that the King's Prohibition might with more Justice be apply'd to Piso than to Shadrac; for that he came by the Order of the God of his Fathers.

    Exilius 2008

  • Parents, much less young Gentlemen; that being an Irregularity misbecoming my Sex and Station, and the Character of a dutiful Daughter: This I desir'd her to tell him, with my Service; which Answer I utter'd with a little Sharpness, that the Woman could not but see her Errand was disobliging, as it was, and ought to be; such a Message looking more like

    A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies 2008

  • Sharpness: Also called resolution, this is another important factor, as deer hunters commonly scan the woods for the smallest details, such as an ear twitching or an antler reflecting light in the midst of thick brush or dense woods.

    Affordable Binoculars for Whitetail Deer Hunting 2005

  • There are many many great hacks in this book, but my favorite is #47: Judge Image Sharpness From File Size.

    Boing Boing: May 23, 2004 - May 29, 2004 Archives 2004

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