The process of becoming sharp or pointed; the quality of having sharpness or acuteness.
From Latin 'acuatio,' formed from 'acuare' (to sharpen) plus '-tion' (indicating a process or state). Related to 'acute' through the shared root 'acus.'
Medical and botanical texts use 'acuation' to describe how structures develop points—like how certain leaves become gradually sharper as they grow, which is an actual biological process scientists need words to describe.
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