visual angle
the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye
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How to use visual angle in a sentence
Some51 hold that distant objects seem to us lesser only because they are seen under a smaller visual angle.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)The visual angle of an object is the angle at the eye lens between the rays that have come from the ends of the object.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerIt may be safely said that the field or "visual angle" of the unaided eye for distinct vision is at least 45° in all directions.
Visual Signaling | Signal Corps United States ArmyBy this arrangement a visual angle is secured, and all objects lying within it are distinctly visible at the same time.
Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith | Robert PattersonNor would it be impossible to reduce, now, under the definite visual angle of materialism, the whole of ancient Roman history.
Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History | Antonio Labriola
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