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visometry

visometry noun: the measurement of visual acuity.

Noun

visometry (uncountable)

  1. The measurement of visual acuity.
    • In this method, unlike the traditional visometry method (determination of visual acuity), in which individual test symbols of different size (Landholt rings, Golovin and Sivtsev patterns, etc.) of constant contrast, close to unity, are used for the investigation, periodic structures are used as...1989, Soviet Journal of Optical Technology - Volume 56, page 80
    • Despite the abundance of various tables intended for visometry, only the overall structural shape of the table varies, while the principle of carrying out the investigation and its purpose remain as before.2008, S.A. Koskin, É.V. Boĭko, Yu. E. Shelepin, “Modern methods of measuring the resolving power of the visual system”, in Journal of Optical Technology, volume 75, number 1

Questions about visometry

What does visometry mean?
Visometry means the measurement of visual acuity.
What part of speech is visometry?
Visometry is a noun.

Words near visometry in the dictionary

  1. visnomy
  2. Viso
  3. Visoko
  4. visometer
  5. visometers
  6. visometry
  7. visomotoric
  8. vison
  9. visons
  10. visor
  11. visorbearer

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