Terminating in a point, and opposed to obtuse. An acute angle is less than a right one, or within 90°.
ăcūte, adv., v. acuo, P. a. fin. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
acūtē adv.with comp.and sup.acutus, sharply ; hence, of sound, shrilly, in a high key : sonare. —...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·vt To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much. II. Acute ·adj High, o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less...
That which has all its angles acute. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book