(from the article `photography, technology of`) ...bulky dual camera (Figure 3) with a fixed-mirror reflex housing and top screen mounted above a roll-film box camera. Its two lenses focus in ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/77
the apparent blurring of the border between two adjacent areas of a radiograph having different optical densities NOTE - It is attributable to two aspects of sharpness: 1. The quantitative measure of the linear rate of change of density across the border. 2. The subjective estimate of sharpness. Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=881-04-63
(Film cameras) The degree to which clear, distinguishable details of the subject are rendered in a photographic negative or print. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20472
<microscopy> The visual impression of distinctness of detail in a photographic reproduction. ... (05 Aug 1998) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Sharp'ness noun [ Anglo-Saxon scearpness .] The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/83
A term used to describe the ability of a lens to render fine detail clearly; dependent on the contrast and resolution of a lens and varies with the f/stop; in general, a lens is sharpest at the middle apertures. Also technically can be explained as clarity of the photographic image in terms of focus and contrast. Largely subjective but can be measu... Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%20glossary/rods%20photographic%20gl