How to Use visual acuity in a Sentence

visual acuity

noun
  • Moonlight even sharpens the visual acuity of horseshoe crabs, which come ashore on certain nights to mate.
    — Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
  • Of course, visual acuity doesn’t tell the whole story of animal vision.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2018
  • Eye pressure and visual acuity are checked, then the optometrist examines them.
    — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The shorter a dog's head, the more similar their visual acuity is to human vision.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The shorter a dog's head, the more similar their visual acuity is to human vision.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2023
  • State law requires first-time applicants to undergo tests on rules of the road, road signs and visual acuity, plus a road test.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 16 May 2018
  • The same thing was true for the loss of visual acuity that comes with age, confirmed by comparing mice at three months of age to those roughly a year old.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Part of the reason Epson's approach works so well has to do with the limits of human visual acuity.
    — PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Their visual acuity remained below normal, even after months of training.
    — Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
  • After testing it was found that visual acuity was improved after eating the dark chocolate when compared to the milk.
    — Sheah Rarback, miamiherald, 11 May 2018
  • But another person in the trial lost visual acuity as a result of the therapy.
    — Julia Belluz, Vox, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Leonardo’s visual acuity was driven by his abiding faith in nature’s design, whether a tree root or a hippopotamus.
    — Claudia Kalb, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Macular degeneration of the retina results in a loss of visual acuity and field of view.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 16 May 2018
  • By this stage, the animals had visual acuity scores about 15% lower than their 5-month-old counterparts.
    — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The fovea, a tiny depression at the center of the retina where visual acuity is highest, does all the heavy lifting while the rest of your vision goes unused.
    — Sonya Collins, Fortune, 6 May 2022
  • The condition can be diagnosed by an eye doctor via a visual acuity test, eye exam or optical imaging.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Four were found to have eye pain, sensitivity to light, loss of visual acuity and uveitis up to 10 weeks after infection.
    — Seema Yasmin, Scientific American, 29 Feb. 2016
  • But that doesn’t matter too much in person, because 60 ppd is not far off the visual acuity of the average person’s vision.
    — Andrew Williams, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The central focus wheel focuses both eyes at once, and a diopter focuses the right eye, which helps to provide better visual acuity between both eyes.
    — Alec Scherma, Good Housekeeping, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The disease damages the central vision first before impacting overall visual acuity and field of vision.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The optimal formula of the supplement helps to restore visual acuity.
    — Discover Magazine, 30 June 2023
  • That’s the kind of visual acuity that has always made Shyamalan a far better filmmaker than his reputation suggests.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 July 2021
  • Autonomous cars are excellent at detecting and avoiding obstacles and have stronger visual acuity than the human eye on bad roads.
    — Cindy Gordon, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • While no one in the study has fully regained sight, quite a few of them, like Macdonald, have experienced improvements in their visual acuity.
    — Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
  • Another aspect of the study involved measuring the length of a dog's head, which prior research has shown is correlated with visual acuity.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Your healthcare provider will evaluate your symptoms with an eye examination, which includes a visual acuity test and testing of your eye muscles.
    — Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 1 June 2024
  • Then again, my senses are heightened, my visual acuity second to none, and my current rate of inflated self-importance frankly unsustainable.
    — Kimberly Harrington, The Cut, 1 June 2018
  • The testing showed that dogs with better visual acuity, and who also scored higher on the series of cognitive tests, also exhibited less spatial bias.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Then, the work of determining which genetic traits and markers Leonardo carried could be used to understand his visual acuity.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The visual acuity of the astronauts flying such a mission would be critical at many key phases of the flight — including rendezvous, docking, landing, and launch.
    — Doug Adler, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2020

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