Meaning of VISUAL ACUITY
| Pronunciation: | | 'vizhooul u'kyooitee
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[n] sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) |
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| | Synonyms: | | acuity, sharp-sightedness |
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| | See Also: | | oxyopia, sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense | |
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| | Definition: | | The distance (denominator) at which an optimally-seeing eye can undertake critical discrimination of shapes identifiable by a test eye at a standard distance (numerator), conventionally 20 feet or 6 metres. |
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