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acuity definition

acu·ity (ə kyo̵̅o̅′ə tē)

noun

acuteness; keenness, as of thought or vision

Etymology: Fr acuité < ML acuitas < L acus, needle: see acerose

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acuity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • decrease: If this cannot be achieved, examine the eye again in case there is another cause for decreased acuity such as early lens opacity.

Adjective modifier

  • visual: Visual acuity measures the eye's ability to resolve spatial detail.

Modifies a noun

  • measurement: Yet, reading acuity measurement is often not properly understood and not properly calculated.

Noun used with modifier

  • distance: Candidates need to be aware that there is more to vision than distance acuity.

Preposition: in

  • eye: Definitions A blind child is an individual aged less than 16 years, who has a visual acuity in the better eye of 3/60.

Preposition: of

  • eye: The honeybee's eye is estimated to have one per cent of the visual acuity of a human eye.
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