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visual field

visual field

noun

  1. the whole extent of the image falling on the retina when the eye is fixating a given point in space

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

visual field

  1. The area that is visible to an immobile eye at a given time.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of visual field1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

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There’s some significant fluctuations in your weight, and I was wondering how working in a visual field from a pretty young age shaped your ideas about eating and exercise.

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These pathways process movement across the visual field.

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"If Dojo can help make cars 'see' and 'react,' what other markets could open up? Think of any device at the edge with a camera that makes real-time decisions based on its visual field."

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There’s one small problem: astronomy is a highly visual field, and Kane is legally blind.

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“In general, stroke-type events cause a painless sudden onset, and a pure blackout or loss of vision, often involving the upper or lower half of the visual field in only one eye,” Eggenberger says.

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