eye chart
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of eye chart
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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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
About one-third of students screened are unable to read the eye chart, but very few of those kids have adequate glasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
On average, patients gained 25 letters on a standard eye chart, equal to about five lines, when using the implant.
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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