eye chart

noun

: a chart read at a fixed distance for purposes of testing sight

especially : one with rows of letters or objects of decreasing size

Examples of eye chart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The pressure reading the eye chart Few things get my heart racing like racing to sit in that weird padded chair at one end of the room while trying to read small letters off of a mirror at the other end of the room. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026

About one-third of students screened are unable to read the eye chart, but very few of those kids have adequate glasses. — Kristen Hwang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026

However, over the course of a year, the team will also begin to assess how well the cells have engrafted into the retina, as well as the extent to which the therapy has restored vision, based on patients’ ability to see letters on an eye chart. — Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026

Postsurgery, nearly 80% of them improved their performance on the eye chart by 20 letters, and 84% of them could read letters, numbers, and words at home. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eye chart

• counterpart
• apart
• depart
• flowchart
• forepart
• impart
• pushcart
• rampart
• redstart
• restart
• subpart
• sweetheart

Kids Definition

eye chart

noun

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

Medical Definition

eye chart

noun

: 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