quick of perception

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• quick — 1 fleet, swift, rapid, *fast, speedy, expeditious, hasty Analogous words: brisk, nimble, *agile: abrupt, impetuous, *precipitate, headlong 2 Quick, prompt, ready, apt are comparable when they apply to persons, their mental operations, their acts …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• quick-witted — adjective Date: 1530 quick in perception and understanding ; mentally alert Synonyms: see intelligent • quick wittedly adverb • quick wittedness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• perception — I noun ability to make distinctions, acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, appraisal, appreciation, apprehension, ascertainment, assessment, astuteness, attention, awareness, clear sight, cleverness, cognition, cognizance, comprehension,… …   Law dictionary

• quick sense — index perception Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• quick-motion phenomenon —    Also known as time grabbing phenomenon. The term quick motion phenomenon is a loose translation of the German expression Zeitrafferphänomen, literally time shortening phenomenon or time abridgement phenomenon . The term Zeitrafferphänomen was… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• perception — noun Etymology: Latin perception , perceptio act of perceiving, from percipere Date: 14th century 1. a. a result of perceiving ; observation b. a mental image ; concept 2. obsolete consciousness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• perception — Synonyms and related words: acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, appreciation, appreciativeness, apprehension, astuteness, awareness, clear sight, cogency, cognition, cognizance, color vision, comprehension, conceit, concept, conception, cone …   Moby Thesaurus

• movement perception — ▪ process Introduction       process through which humans and other animals orient themselves to their own or others physical movements. Most animals, including humans, move in search of food that itself often moves; they move to avoid predators… …   Universalium

• gleg´ness — gleg1 «glehg», adjective. Scottish and Northern English. 1. quick in perception; sharp sighted; quick witted. 2. quick in action. 3. lively; cheerful: »Dr. Dinwiddie was a gleg man, of a jocose nature (John Galt) …   Useful english dictionary

• gleg´ly — gleg1 «glehg», adjective. Scottish and Northern English. 1. quick in perception; sharp sighted; quick witted. 2. quick in action. 3. lively; cheerful: »Dr. Dinwiddie was a gleg man, of a jocose nature (John Galt) …   Useful english dictionary

• Clear-headed — Clear head ed (kl[=e]r h[e^]d [e^]d), a. Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. He was laborious and clear headed. Macaulay. {Clear head ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English