"visual acuity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: visual acuities [plural]
Etymology: Compound of visual + acuity. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|visual|acuity}} visual + acuity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} visual acuity (countable and uncountable, plural visual acuities)
  1. The sharpness of vision or sight. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-visual_acuity-en-noun-Owg9weqG
  2. Strength of vision expressed on some definite scale. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-visual_acuity-en-noun-Yr8QWv~T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations, Vision Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Vision: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): acuidad/agudez/agudeza visual [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 43 57

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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