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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The design allows the chip to scan across a broader field of view while producing less noise than other silicon-photonics-based methods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Artificial intelligence lets these glasses identify objects in our field of view, like a ficus tree or a Southern African meerkat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
"It meant it was possible to capture a nearly 180 degree field of view, so you could almost capture them like a string of pearls in the sky."
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
“When you sit in a dark theater and take in a full 1.43:1, 15-perf Imax image, it fills your field of view, and you finally understand what cinema can be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
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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