field of view

[feeld uhv vyoo]

noun

1. Optics.,  field.

2. Digital Technology.,  the portion of the game environment or game world that is visible at any given time, especially in a first-person video game where a player’s view is meant to mimic that of the player character: FOV

   Rotate the game camera to keep those enemies in your field of view.

Word History and Origins

Origin of field of view¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

But the satellites are common enough these days that they often zip through the field of view of astronomers' telescopes, and their radio signals interfere with the signals used by those telescopes.

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A telephoto lens offers higher resolution, while a wide-angle lens allows a larger field of view.

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The director said that binoculars or a telescope are unnecessary and a potential hindrance because they narrow a stargazer’s field of view.

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Given the telescope's field of view, that is about one chance in 10.

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As satellites whiz past the field of view of telescopes, they leave streaks in the astronomers’ images.

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