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foveation

/ˌfəʊviˈeɪʃən/

foveation noun: the act of foveating (angling the eyes to focus on an object).

Noun

foveation (countable and uncountable, plural foveations)

  1. The act of foveating (angling the eyes to focus on an object).
    • A major question that arises is why should computer vision blindly imitate biological vision? is^([sic]) it really necessary to use foveation at all? Analysing human vision, we find out that the human visual system covers more than 200 degrees field of view.2013, Virginio Cantoni, editor, Human and Machine Vision: Analogies and Divergencies, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 106
  2. Pitting and scarring, as seen in smallpox, chickenpox, etc.

foveation meaning in Tamil

foveation in Tamil

குழிமம், குழிவான, குழிவுற்ற

Forms of foveation

pluralfoveations

Origin of foveation

From foveate + -ion.

Questions about foveation

What does foveation mean?
Foveation means the act of foveating (angling the eyes to focus on an object).
What is foveation in Tamil?
Foveation in Tamil is குழிமம், குழிவான, குழிவுற்ற. See Foveation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is foveation?
Foveation is a noun.
How do you pronounce foveation?
Foveation is pronounced /ˌfəʊviˈeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of foveation?
The plural of foveation is foveations.

Words near foveation in the dictionary

  1. foveas
  2. foveate
  3. foveated
  4. foveates
  5. foveating
  6. foveation
  7. foveations
  8. Foveaux Strait
  9. foveavirus
  10. foveaviruses
  11. foveiform

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foveation (page history and authors); foveation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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