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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.


Etymology

Origin of eye chart

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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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

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

In effect, she went from not being able to read the E at the top of an eye chart to seeing it, Pennesi says.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 29, 2021

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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