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Definition: Visual Acuity |
Visual AcuityNoun1. Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Acuteness or clearness of vision, especially of form vision, which is dependent mainly on the sharpness of the retinal focus. (references) |
Medicine | Acuteness or clearness of vision which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus, the sensivity of the nervous elements and the interpretative faculty of the brain. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A measure of the resolving power of the eye. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Physics | A)qualitatively:the capacity for seeing distinctly objects very close together; b)quantitatively:the reciprocal of the value, generally in minutes of arc, of the angular separation of two neighbouring objects, i. e. points or lines, which the eye can just see as separate. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: Visual AcuitySynonyms: acuity (n), sharp-sightedness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Visual Acuity |
| English words defined with "visual acuity": Hermann Snellen ♦ Snellen, Snellen chart, Snellen test. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "visual acuity": Albinism, Ocular ♦ chiasmal arachnoiditis, Contrast Sensitivity, Corneal Edema ♦ DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINER ♦ Edmond's chart, Edmond's picture chart, Edmont pictures, Evans acuity test, Evans'test, Ewing vision test chart, Ewing's chart ♦ Gould vision-test chart ♦ Legal blindness ♦ miners' nystagmus ♦ Optic Nerve Diseases, optico-chiasmatic arachnoiditis ♦ Snellen Visual Acuity Chart. (references) |
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 | Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuity chart. (Chart 1).Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |  | The Snellen visual acuity chart.Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
 | Visual Acuity and Depth Perception : Sch. Aiv. Med.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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Health | Studies of animal models indicate that monoclonal antibodies and two immunosuppressant drugs, cyclophosphamide and azathioprine, may accelerate remyelination, while steroids may inhibit it. The ability of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) to restore visual acuity and/or muscle strength is also being investigated. (references) | |
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Expression using "visual acuity": Snellen Visual Acuity Chart. Additional references. | |
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| 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 |
visual acuity | 47 |
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| Language | Translations for "visual acuity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | synsstyrke (acuteness or clearness of vision which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus, sharpness of vision, the sensivity of the nervous elements and the interpretative faculty of the brain), synsevne (acuteness or clearness of vision which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus, the sensivity of the nervous elements and the interpretative faculty of the brain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gezichtsscherpte (sharpness of vision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | näöntarkkuus (sharpness of vision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aptitude visuelle (acuteness or clearness of vision which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus), acuité visuelle (sharpness of vision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sehschärfe (acuity, sharpness of vision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οπτική οξύτης (sharpness of vision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | potere visivo (acuteness or clearness of vision which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus, the sensivity of the nervous elements and the interpretative faculty of the brain), acutezza visiva, acuit visiva (sharpness of vision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isualvay acuityay aptidão visual (acuteness or clearness of vision which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus, the sensivity of the nervous elements and the interpretative faculty of the brain), acuidade visual (sharpness of vision). (various references) agudeza visual (sharpness of vision). (various references) synskärpa (sharpness of vision). (various references) görüş keskinliği. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-s-t-u-u-v-y" | |
-3 letters: causality. | |
-4 letters: casualty, salacity, sylvatic, uvulitis, viatical, victuals. | |
-5 letters: clivias, italics, saucily, suavity, vacuity, valutas, vascula, vatical, viatica, victual, yautias. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 69 73 75 61 6C 41 63 75 69 74 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101001 01110011 01110101 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01100011 01110101 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V i s u a l   A c u i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0069 0073 0075 0061 006C 0041 0063 0075 0069 0074 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5675858767782356987758691 |
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