Acute may refer to:
Language
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Acute accent, a diacritic used in many modern written languages
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Acute (phonetic), a perceptual classification
Science and mathematics
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Acute angle
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Acute triangle
An acute triangle (or acute-angled triangle) is a triangle with three acute angles (less than 90°). An obtuse triangle (or obtuse-angled triangle) is a triangle with one obtuse angle (greater than 90°) and two acute angles. Since a triangle's ang ...
** Acute, a leaf shape in the
glossary of leaf morphology
The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular ...
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Acute (medicine), a disease that it is of short duration and of recent onset.
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Acute toxicity
Acute toxicity describes the adverse effects of a substance that result either from a single exposure or from multiple exposures in a short period of time (usually less than 24 hours). To be described as ''acute'' toxicity, the adverse effect ...
, the adverse effects of a substance from a single exposure or in a short period of time
See also
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Acutance, in photography, subjective perception of sharpness related to the edge contrast of an image
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Acuity (disambiguation)
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