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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

An eye chart of a name. —cleveland, 3 Apr. 2022

The eye chart, man. —Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 6 Oct. 2021

The goal is to show that a significant percentage of people gain three lines of improvement in near vision on an eye chart without losing one line of distance vision. —Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023

In a recent clinical trial on patients aged 75 and older, 90 percent of the 219 participants were able to read two lines or more on an eye chart, and 75 percent could read large-print books. —Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2010

Her life is her life and it’s the E on the flipping eye chart in terms of what works for her. —Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2022

But Moscot, which has been in business for more than 100 years, didn’t have an optometrist on-site on Sundays, so Mr. Grint, 33, improvised his own test, standing about 20 feet away from an eye chart at the back of the store. —New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022

Whichever, Shula’s reaction in that news conference was essentially an eye chart: #@%!%! —Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2021

After receiving the treatment, their ability to read letters on the eye chart significantly improved. —Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

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