Snellen test type

Snellen test type
block letters used in testing visual acuity, so designed that the whole letter subtends, at the appropriate distance, a visual angle usually of 5 minutes, and each component part subtends an angle of 1 minute. See also Snellen chart, under chart.

Two Snellen test types.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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