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• Acute accent

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• Acute alcoholism

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• Acute angle

  acute angle acute angle an angle whose measure is between 0° and 90°. compare obtuse angle. historical examples the wind roared and shrieked in its wild fury, and such was its force that i fell in an acute angle. the pacha of many tales frederick marryat at the bottom of the falls the river turns […]

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