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Meaning of VISUAL ACUITY

Pronunciation:  'vizhooul u'kyooitee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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
 
 See Also: oxyopia, sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense

 

 

Medical Dictionary
 
 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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