eye chart

American  

noun

1. Ophthalmology. a chart for testing vision, typically containing letters, symbols, or pictures in rows of decreasing size that are to be read or identified at a fixed distance.

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Etymology

Origin of eye chart

First recorded in 1940–45

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eye chart

This document often displays hundreds of lines and dozens of columns of jargon-encrusted data in type so small it looks like the lowest line of that eye chart in your optometrist’s office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

How would he be able to read an eye chart, she reasoned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026

Most participants demonstrated clear improvement in their ability to identify letters on an eye chart.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026

Her life is her life and it’s the E on the flipping eye chart in terms of what works for her.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2022

A. A. Laurie, who ran the optometrist’s shop next door, took down his eye chart from the wall as workers removed the neon eyeglasses out front.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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