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View synonyms for visual acuity

visual acuity

noun

, Ophthalmology.
  1. acuteness of the vision as determined by a comparison with the normal ability to define certain letters at a given distance, usually 20 feet (6 meters). : V.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of visual acuity1

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

Full visual acuity on both sides—in the first examination slight myopia - ·75 D. is specified, afterwards emmetropia.

Electronically-produced colors provided high visual acuity to a scene that depicted Cleveland in flames.

Nor did Hans possess anything like that high degree of visual acuity which had been attributed to him.

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