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visual acuity
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visual acuity
n.
Sharpness of vision, especially as tested with a Snellen chart. Normal visual acuity based on the Snellen chart is 20/20.
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Noun1.visual acuity - sharpness of visionvisual acuity - sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
visual modality, visual sense, vision, sight - the ability to see; the visual faculty
20/20, twenty-twenty - normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feet
oxyopia - unusually acute vision


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Properly fitting any pair of eyeglasses is more of a challenge than those who have the pleasure of being born with twenty-twenty vision may think.
Her patience and twenty-twenty vision were amply rewarded, for she managed to ferret out a remarkable array of expressions of discontent with the procedures and, more broadly, the very existence of the Inquisition.
Mind you, they still have twenty-twenty vision if they spot someone wearing the wrong team's colours.
 
 
 
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