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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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