Snellen

Definition: Snellen

Snellen

Noun

1. Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908).

Specialty Definition: Snellen

Domain	Definition
Health	Congestion of the ear from stimulating of the cut end of the great auricular nerve. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Snellen

Synonym: Hermann Snellen (n). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: Albers-Snellen syndrome (medicine), Snellen charts, Snellen operation, Snellen radial chart, Snellen reflex, Snellen test types, Snellen unit, Snellen's operation.

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Crosswords: Snellen

English words defined with "Snellen": acuity ♦ Hermann Snellen ♦ sharp-sightedness, Snellen test ♦ visual acuity. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Snellen" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (race, run).

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Commercial Usage: Snellen

Domain	Title
Books	Symposium on Uveal Melanomas: On the Occasion of the Snellen Medal Presentation to Dr. W. A. Manschot, Utrecht (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Snellen

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Snellen visual acuity chart. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Snellen

"Snellen" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Snellen" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	6	143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Snellen

The following table summarizes the usage of "Snellen" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Snellen	Last name	130	60,158
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Snellen

Expressions using "Snellen": Hermann Snellen ♦ snellen chart ♦ Snellen charts ♦ Snellen operation ♦ Snellen reflex ♦ snellen test ♦ Snellen test types ♦ Snellen Visual Acuity Chart. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Snellen

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
snellen eye chart	75
chart snellen	62
snellen	15
chart eye printable snellen	8
snellen test	7
eye snellen test	6
snellen test vision	4
fraction snellen	4
chart eye print snellen	3
chart snellen vision	2
cartilla snellen	2
alphabet chart snellen	2
acuity snellen test visual	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Snellen

Language		Translations for "Snellen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Snellen's tavle (Snellen charts, Snellen test types), Snellen's straaletavle (Snellen radial chart). (various references)

Dutch		lettertableau van Snellen (Snellen charts, Snellen test types). (various references)

French		tables optométriques de Snellen (Snellen charts, Snellen test types). (various references)

German		Snellen-Tabellen (Snellen charts, Snellen test types), Snellen-Strahlentafel (Snellen radial chart), Snellen Fächerfigur (Snellen radial chart). (various references)

Italian		tipi di Snellen (Snellen charts, Snellen test types). (various references)

Pig Latin		ellensnay

Portuguese		tabelas optométricas de Snellen (Snellen charts, Snellen test types), tabela radial de Snellen (Snellen radial chart). (various references)

Russian		снеллен. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Snellen

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-l-l-n-n-s"
	-2 letters: lenes, lense, nenes, selle, snell.
	-3 letters: eels, ells, else, lees, lens, nene, seel, seen, sell, sene.
	-4 letters: eel, ell, els, ens, lee, nee, see, sel, sen.
	-5 letters: el, en, es, ne.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-l-l-n-n-s"
	+3 letters: loneliness, sullenness.
	+4 letters: cleanliness, enrollments, fontanelles, noncolleges, nonskeletal, sentinelled.
	+5 letters: declensional, ensorcelling, flannelettes, landlessness, lonelinesses, lovelornness, planlessness, sentinelling, septennially, slovenliness, sullennesses, underselling, unlikeliness, unlistenable, unloveliness.
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