• (n.) The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. • (n.) Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/distinctness/
Dis·tinct'ness noun 1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. « The soul's . . . distinctness from the body.» Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he state... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/97
(Ger. Deutlichkeit) In Husserl: Explicit articulatedness with respect to syntactical components. (See Confused). Distinctness is compatible with emptiness or obscurity of material content. See Descartes, Leibniz. -- D.C. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203