eye chart

noun

1. Ophthalmology. a chart for testing vision, typically containing letters, symbols, or pictures in rows of decreasing size that are to be read or identified at a fixed distance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eye chart¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Her life is her life and it’s the E on the flipping eye chart in terms of what works for her.

From Washington Post

In effect, she went from not being able to read the E at the top of an eye chart to seeing it, Pennesi says.

From Science Magazine

It was bad: She could just barely make out the E at the top of the eye chart.

From New York Times

It was inspired by those eye charts with “Es” on every line.

From New York Times

After she processed my application, she asked me to place my right thumb on a fingerprint scanner and read several lines from an eye chart above her head.

From Los Angeles Times