visual field

American  

noun

1. field of vision.

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visual field British  

noun

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

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visual field Scientific  

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

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Etymology

Origin of visual field

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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visual field

So while we’ve developed incredible vision and light receptor cells, this has happened at the expense of having a gap in our visual field.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

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.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025

"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."

From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023

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

From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2023

That is, the piece of visual field which corresponds with the yellow spot of the retina is not affected in either eye, unless the calcarine regions of both hemispheres are destroyed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various