Medical Dictionary

grating acuity

noun

Medical Definition of GRATING ACUITY

:  the aspect of visual acuity involving the ability to distinguish the elements of a fine grating composed of alternating dark and light stripes or squares—compare hyperacuity, stereoacuity, vernier acuity

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