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noun

acuity

sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)

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Six example sentences with acuity, each labelled with its topic.

  • The eye clinic measured her acuity at twenty forty, good enough to drive but not to read the smallest line.

    Medicine

  • Photographers rely on the magnified sensor view now, since acuity fades with age and manual focusing by eye grows unreliable.

    Photography

  • Scouts test acuity as well as speed, since a guard who cannot read a jersey number downcourt will miss open teammates.

    Basketball

  • Monet's acuity declined with cataracts, and his late paintings of the lily pond blur into fields of red and gold.

    Art

  • Competitive shooters reward acuity, since spotting a distant pixel of movement decides many rounds before anyone fires.

    Gaming

  • A hawk's acuity is several times sharper than a human's, letting it spot a mouse from a hundred meters up.

    Science

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