noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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visual
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Contact lenses sometimes give better visual acuity in these cases and the field of vision is nearly always improved.
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Frequent measurements of visual fields and acuity are obtained to detect optic nerve damage.
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The simplified scale in Figure 1 gives an indication of the range of vision as described in terminology based on visual acuity .
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The amount of pigmentation tends to increase slightly with age up to adolescence and brings with it a gradual improvement in visual acuity .
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Such vision would be recorded as 6/60 and would indicate severely reduced visual acuity .
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In measuring visual acuity in this way, a figure which looks like a fraction is recorded.
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Here, visual acuity is not so sharp, nor is our ability to judge distances so good.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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mental acuity
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Contact lenses sometimes give better visual acuity in these cases and the field of vision is nearly always improved.
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Frequent measurements of visual fields and acuity are obtained to detect optic nerve damage.
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It will be appreciated that the precise nature of the degree or defect in acuity or field of vision is highly individual.
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Jack was coming to respect my eye at least as much as he respected my legal acuity .
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Such vision would be recorded as 6/60 and would indicate severely reduced visual acuity .
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The amount of pigmentation tends to increase slightly with age up to adolescence and brings with it a gradual improvement in visual acuity .
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The simplified scale in Figure 1 gives an indication of the range of vision as described in terminology based on visual acuity .
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Visual acuity is often normal even when the field of vision is so poor that the child is registered as blind.