visual field

noun

1. field of vision.

visual field

noun

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

visual field

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of visual field¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Pixels can be rendered on displays as such, but the pixel itself is “a sample of a visual field … that has been digitized into bits.”

From MIT Technology Review

Psychedelic paintings with trippy fractals might convince you your head is as full as your visual field.

From Washington Post

Someone with this neurological condition might report, for example, that they cannot see anything in the left side of their visual field.

From Singularity Hub 

Diplopia is present in the whole visual field with increase of the deviation towards the right.

From Project Gutenberg

Spontaneous diplopia does not take place; only the right visual field is seen in the stereoscope.

From Project Gutenberg

The area of double vision extended from the limit of the right visual field to about 20° the other side of the middle line.

From Project Gutenberg

A stick of red sealing wax drawn across the eye from right to left, appears at the periphery of the visual field to be black.

From Project Gutenberg

This is one of the effects which depends upon the location in the visual field.

From Project Gutenberg