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Meaning of alertness

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  alertness
      n 1: the process of paying close and continuous attention;
           "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good
           hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
           [syn: {watchfulness}, {wakefulness}, {vigilance},
           {alertness}]
      2: a state of readiness to respond; "alerting was indicated by
         the desynchronization of the EEG" [syn: {alertness},
         {alerting}]
      3: lively attentiveness [syn: {alertness}, {sharp-sightedness},
         {on the qui vive}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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