snellen chart

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   display consisting of a printed card with letters and numbers in lines of decreasing size; used to test visual acuity

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Questions about snellen chart

What does snellen chart mean?

snellen chart means "display consisting of a printed card with letters and numbers in lines of decreasing size; used to test visual acuity".

Is snellen chart a common word?

snellen chart is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.