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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A chart for testing visual acuity, usually consisting of letters, numbers, or pictures printed in lines of decreasing size which a patient is asked to read or identify at a fixed distance.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. display consisting of a printed card with letters and numbers in lines of decreasing size; used to test visual acuity

Etymologies

  1. After Herman Snellen (1834-1908), Dutch ophthalmologist. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. presentation
  1. display

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  1. visual acuity
  1. BitterSweet
  1. sharp-sightedness
  1. snellen
  1. Snellen test
  1. hermann snellen
  1. acuity

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  • hernesheir Cover your right eye and read to me the third line of letters please. Feb 16, 2013

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