field of vision
Syllables: field of vi·sionUK/ˈfiːld əv ˈvɪʒ(ə)n/US/ˈfild əv ˈvɪʒ(ə)n/
field of vision noun: the area that a person, an animal, etc. can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.
Noun
field of vision (plural fields of vision)
- The area that a person, an animal, etc. can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.
- But when there is no Danger to our Eyes, either from Duſt or Light, we pull up our Eye-brows, that none of the Light may be ſtopt, but that all of it may fall upon our Eyes; by which the Sight or Field of Viſion is enlarged, and all the Objects above the Axis of Viſion are now ſeen: [...]1759, William Porterfield, “Of the Supercilia or Eye-brows”, in A Treatise on the Eye, the Manner and Phænomena of Vision. In Two Volumes, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed for A. Miller [i.e., Andrew...
- Prisms with their base outwards, combined with the convex lenses, have only the effect of enlarging the outer side of both fields of vision. For all the purposes we now speak of, this combination of prisms with convex lenses is quite superfluous, even in some respects troublesome.1866 April, C. Schweigger, “On Simulated Amaurosis. (Read before the New York Ophthalmological Society.)”, in Edinburgh Medical Journal, Combining the Monthly Journal of Medicine and the Edinburgh...
- Synonyms:
- field of view, visual field
field of vision meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic
field of vision in Tamil
- பார்வைப்புலம், கட்புலம், கண்புலம்
field of vision in Urdu
- area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
- بصری میدان
field of vision in Malayalam
- area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
- ദൃശ്യമണ്ഡലം dr̥śyamaṇḍalaṁ
field of vision in Arabic
- area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
- ساحة بصرية
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- field of vision in Persian
- میدان بینایی
- field of vision in Thai
- ลานสายตา
- field of vision in Vietnamese
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Examples of field of vision in a sentence
- [A]ny of you who drive automobiles know that you run in and out of traffic, that you live up to the courtesies of the road, by making use of the whole field of vision.1925 April, Coleman R[oberts] Griffith, “Psychology and Its Relation to Athletic Competition”, in James Huff McCurdy, editor, American...
- The average normal field of vision extends outward 90°, upward 50°, downward 70°, and inward 60° from the point of fixation.1925 May, Nelson M. Black, “Compensation for Eye Injuries: Résumé of Work Done by Committee on Compensation for Ocular Injuries, Ophthalmic...
- Occasionally a clubgoer happens to notice one of the cameras and responds by thrusting a middle finger or an exposed breast into Haz’s field of vision.2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security...
Synonyms of field of vision
Forms of field of vision
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Words that rhyme with field of vision
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Questions about field of vision
- What does field of vision mean?
- Field of vision means the area that a person, an animal, etc. can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.
- What is field of vision in Tamil?
- Field of vision in Tamil is பார்வைப்புலம், கட்புலம், கண்புலம். See Field of vision meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use field of vision in a sentence?
- [A]ny of you who drive automobiles know that you run in and out of traffic, that you live up to the courtesies of the road, by making use of the whole field of vision.
- What part of speech is field of vision?
- Field of vision is a noun.
- How do you pronounce field of vision?
- Field of vision is pronounced /ˈfiːld əv ˈvɪʒ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of field of vision?
- The plural of field of vision is fields of vision.
Words near field of vision in the dictionary
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