Landolt rings

Landolt rings
broken rings used in testing of visual acuity, the width of the ring and the break in its continuity each being one-fifth of its overall diameter; the observer is to identify the orientation of the break, with the ability to identify a break subtending 1 minute of arc corresponding to 20/20 vision.

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  • Landolt ring — Lan·dolt ring län dōlt .riŋ n one of a series of incomplete rings or circles used in some eye charts to determine visual discrimination or acuity Landolt Edmond (1846 1926) French ophthalmologist. Landolt and Louis de Wecker (1832 1906) published …   Medical dictionary

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