field of view
Americannoun
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Optics. field.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of field of view
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Their field of view can also be narrow, providing a detailed picture of the specific target the drone is focusing on but with little visibility of forces that could be just a short distance away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
The meteors appear to radiate from the constellation of Gemini, but looking slightly away from that point often provides a wider field of view.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
The resulting image showed several thousand galaxies crammed into the Hubble’s small field of view.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
Given the telescope's field of view, that is about one chance in 10.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
Slowly the bow of the Syracuse boat came into Joe’s field of view, just beginning to fall away behind him.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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