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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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

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

I aced the tests—“Eagle eyes and elephant ears,” the nurse said—but Lori struggled trying to read the eye chart.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls