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visual acuity

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visual acuity [′vizh·ə·wəl ə′kyü·əd·ē]
(physiology)
The ability to see fine details of an object; specifically, the ability to see an object whose angle subtended at the eye is 1 minute of arc.


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The article "Dynamic Visual Acuity during Passive Head Thrusts in Canal Planes," coauthored with Americo A Migliaccio, PhD, and Charles C Della Santina, MD, PhD, appeared in the June issue of the Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
Stevens also considered visual acuity and limiting far point--the greatest distance at which objects remain distinct.
Visual acuity varied from 20/25 to counting fingers only.
 
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