The plural form of acute, often used in technical contexts like music or mathematics to refer to multiple acute angles, acute accents, or acute conditions.
From Latin 'acutus' with standard English plural formation, creating a noun form from the adjective 'acute'.
In music notation, 'acutes' can refer to high, sharp notes; in medicine, 'acutes' refers to acute illnesses, showing how one Latin root word supports multiple technical vocabularies.
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