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  2. Sharpness (cutting) - Wikipedia

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    Sharpness depends on factors such as the edge angle, edge width, and the fineness of the cutting edge, and is aided by material hardness. This quality is found in a variety of naturally occurring forms, including certain kinds of rock , in plant thorns and spines, and in animal teeth, claws, horns, and other structures serving various purposes.

  3. List of fictional swords - Wikipedia

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    It will not lose its sharpness even should its user's magical energy be depleted, proving indestructible even when Roland tried to destroy it. Harpe : Immortal Slaying Scythe is a divine sword from Greek mythology used by Perseus to kill the Gorgon Medusa .

  4. Sharpening - Wikipedia

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    For an extremely durable edge, a machete, chisel, drawknife or ax should be sharpened down to 30° – 40° providing even more ruggedness and longer lasting sharpness. The sharpness is measured at the microscopic level where the face of your implement may have an angle however at the convergence of the two angles is a joining point called the ...

  5. Hyperfocal distance - Wikipedia

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    The hyperfocal distance is entirely dependent upon what level of sharpness is considered to be acceptable. The criterion for the desired acceptable sharpness is specified through the circle of confusion (CoC) diameter limit. This criterion is the largest acceptable spot size diameter that an infinitesimal point is allowed to spread out to on ...

  6. Acutance - Wikipedia

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    Acutance in the left line was artificially increased by adding a one-pixel-wide darker border on the outside of the line and a one-pixel-wide brighter border on the inside of the line. The actual sharpness of the image is unchanged, but the apparent sharpness is increased because of the greater acutance. Artificially increased acutance has ...

  7. Edge enhancement - Wikipedia

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    Edge enhancement is an image processing filter that enhances the edge contrast of an image or video in an attempt to improve its acutance (apparent sharpness).. The filter works by identifying sharp edge boundaries in the image, such as the edge between a subject and a background of a contrasting color, and increasing the image contrast in the area immediately around the edge.

  8. 50 State quarters - Wikipedia

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    Caption: "Land of Enchantment" Don Everhart 48 Arizona: June 2, 2008 (February 14, 1912) 509,600,000 Grand Canyon, saguaro cactus closeup. Banner with text: "Grand Canyon State" Joseph F. Menna 49 Alaska: August 25, 2008 (January 3, 1959) 505,800,000 Grizzly bear with salmon (state fish) and North Star Caption: "The Great Land" Charles L ...

  9. Enchant (software) - Wikipedia

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    Enchant is a free software project developed as part of the AbiWord word processor with the aim of unifying access to the various existing spell-checker software. Enchant wraps a common set of functionality present in a variety of existing products/libraries, and exposes a stable API/ABI for doing so.