visual angle

Japanese: visual angle(英語表記)visualangle
visual angle

…The unit of visual acuity is determined by international agreement, and the visual acuity of 1.0 is the ability to distinguish a slit (1.5 mm square) in a Landolt ring (1.5 mm thick, 7.5 mm in diameter) from a distance of 5 m. The visual angle of this slit is approximately 1 minute (1/60 of a degree). The line that connects a point in the outside world to the eye is called a direction line, and the angle between two direction lines is the visual angle, and visual acuity is expressed as the reciprocal of this angle. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "visual angle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…視力の単位は国際協定により決められ,視標とするランドルト環Landolt ring(太さ1.5mm,直径7.5mm)の切れ目(1.5mm角)を5m離れて見分けられる視力を〈1.0〉とする。この切れ目の視角visual angleはほぼ1分(1度の1/60)である。外界の1点と眼を結ぶ線を方向線というが,2本の方向線のはさむ角が視角であり,この逆数で視力が表される。…

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