peripheral vision

Noun

peripheral vision (uncountable)

1. The part of vision that occurs outside the gaze or central area of focus.
   • Have you ever gotten a glimpse of something out of the corner of your eye? A simple movement caught in your peripheral vision.2008 April 7, “Peripheral Vision”, in Creepypasta, archived from the original on 31 May 2008
   • Walking forward on the beam, Jillian would answer Lindsey's questions about what she saw in her peripheral vision. At first she would try to look left and right instead of using her peripheral vision or she would report that she saw blurry or double images of objects.2010, Robin Benoit, Jillian Benoit, Jillian's Story: How Vision Therapy Changed My Daughter’s Life