quick+perception

  • 1quick — 1 fleet, swift, rapid, *fast, speedy, expeditious, hasty Analogous words: brisk, nimble, *agile: abrupt, impetuous, *precipitate, headlong 2 Quick, prompt, ready, apt are comparable when they apply to persons, their mental operations, their acts …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 2perception — I noun ability to make distinctions, acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, appraisal, appreciation, apprehension, ascertainment, assessment, astuteness, attention, awareness, clear sight, cleverness, cognition, cognizance, comprehension,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 3quick sense — index perception Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 4quick-motion phenomenon —    Also known as time grabbing phenomenon. The term quick motion phenomenon is a loose translation of the German expression Zeitrafferphänomen, literally time shortening phenomenon or time abridgement phenomenon . The term Zeitrafferphänomen was… …

    Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • 5quick-witted — adjective Date: 1530 quick in perception and understanding ; mentally alert Synonyms: see intelligent • quick wittedly adverb • quick wittedness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6perception — noun Etymology: Latin perception , perceptio act of perceiving, from percipere Date: 14th century 1. a. a result of perceiving ; observation b. a mental image ; concept 2. obsolete consciousness …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7perception — Synonyms and related words: acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, appreciation, appreciativeness, apprehension, astuteness, awareness, clear sight, cogency, cognition, cognizance, color vision, comprehension, conceit, concept, conception, cone …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8movement perception — ▪ process Introduction       process through which humans and other animals orient themselves to their own or others physical movements. Most animals, including humans, move in search of food that itself often moves; they move to avoid predators… …

    Universalium

  • 9sharp — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scearp; akin to Old High German scarf sharp and perhaps to Old English scrapian to scrape more at scrape Date: before 12th century 1. adapted to cutting or piercing: as a. having a thin… …

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  • 10Appreciate — Ap*pre ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appreciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appreciating}.] [L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. {Appraise}.] 1. To set a price or value on; to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English