visual acuity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of visual acuity
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Though some patients could make out patterns immediately, all patients' visual acuity improved over months of training.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025
They formed a dataset from 34 variables that are commonly collected during ophthalmic examinations, such as age, current visual acuity, and the diameter of the cornea.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
Each team’s four field players must be visually impaired, meaning they are completely blind or have very low visual acuity or no light perception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
His left eye had post-traumatic cataract complications and has 60% visual acuity.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2022
Even if they’re looking at the road, he’d found, their visual acuity was impaired by the cognitive demand of the phone.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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