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eye chart

noun

Definition of eye chart

: a chart read at a fixed distance for purposes of testing sight especially : one with rows of letters or objects of decreasing size

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The hospital trains its own vision screeners, most of them young women; a separate program trains primary schoolteachers to test their students’ sight using eye charts. Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, "A Simple Way to Improve a Billion Lives: Eyeglasses," 5 May 2018 In November, a month after her ER visit, Zara could read an eye chart. Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Clinic, parents clash over girl's brain tumor treatment; court to decide," 13 May 2018 VISTA Senior center to hold free eye screenings The Gloria McClellan Senior Center at 1400 Vale Terrace Drive is offering free eyeglass cleanings, adjustments/maintenance and eye screenings with an eye chart from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Linda Mcintosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Girls day Out ... community events," 16 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of eye chart

1885, in the meaning defined above

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eye chart

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English Language Learners Definition of eye chart

: a chart that has numbers and letters of different sizes and that is used for testing someone's vision

eye chart

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Medical Definition of eye chart

: a chart that is read at a fixed distance for purposes of testing sight especially : one with rows of letters or objects of decreasing size

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