visual field
noun
: the entire expanse of space visible at a given instant without moving the eyes
called also field of vision
Examples of visual field in a Sentence
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But a dog’s visual field is limited to what the dog sees sitting on the car seat.
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Marlene Cimons, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
For some, the word stream appeared at the bottom of their visual field like film subtitles.
—Emily Makowski, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2024
It’s designed to run convolutional networks that identify objects in the visual field and also to use a different type of algorithm, called a recurrent neural network.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2016
How can the left hemisphere of the brain respond to stimuli presented in the wrong (left) visual field?
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
Because the fetus is thought to have better peripheral than central vision, the stimuli were presented at the edge of their visual field and were made to move laterally over about five seconds.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2017
The bridge runs through the center of the spherical display, which includes stereo video projectors covering the entire visual field, immersive audio, and devices to sense, track and engage users.
—Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
You’re totally emerged in the visual field.
—John Benson, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2020
When the water works have been absorbed to maximum effect, Nengudi and Guidelli-Guidi present a new visual field in the last big room.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
Marlene Cimons, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
For some, the word stream appeared at the bottom of their visual field like film subtitles.
—Emily Makowski, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2024
It’s designed to run convolutional networks that identify objects in the visual field and also to use a different type of algorithm, called a recurrent neural network.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2016
How can the left hemisphere of the brain respond to stimuli presented in the wrong (left) visual field?
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
Because the fetus is thought to have better peripheral than central vision, the stimuli were presented at the edge of their visual field and were made to move laterally over about five seconds.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2017
The bridge runs through the center of the spherical display, which includes stereo video projectors covering the entire visual field, immersive audio, and devices to sense, track and engage users.
—Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
You’re totally emerged in the visual field.
—John Benson, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2020
When the water works have been absorbed to maximum effect, Nengudi and Guidelli-Guidi present a new visual field in the last big room.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
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“Visual field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visual%20field. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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