FIELD OF VISION • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Field of vision

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/fild əv vˈɪʒən/ Listen

noun

Vision n.

1.

The act of seeing external objects; actual sight. "Faith here is turned into vision there."

2.

(Physiol.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.

3.

That which is seen; an object of sight.

4.

Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah. "The baseless fabric of this vision." "No dreams, but visions strange."

5.

Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.

Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least distance from the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or planet emerging from his rays becomes visible.

Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in heaven.

Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object falls directly on the yellow spot (see under Yellow); also, vision by means of rays which are not deviated from their original direction.

Field of vision, field of view. See under Field.

Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from an object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina.

Reflected vision, or Refracted vision, vision by rays reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively.

Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under Visual.

See images of 'Field of vision'

Etymology of 'Field of vision'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Field of vision" Quotes from Famous Books

... between the revolving blades of the screw, tractor machines were enabled to fire directly ahead. But another advantage persisted. In night-flying, when the eyes are strained to pick up dim shapes in the dark, a clear field of vision is all-important, and the F.E. type of machine continued to be used in night raids throughout the war. The third type was the S.E., or Scouting Experimental. The fifth variant of this type, the S.E. ...

— The War in the Air; Vol. 1 - The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force • Walter Raleigh

... youths moved down the bank in an irregular Indian file, for no one saw the need of extra precaution. Deerfoot was about a rod in advance, walking with a brisk step, for his searching eyes took in everything in the field of vision, and the trail for which he was searching was sure to be marked with a distinctness that could permit ...

— The Lost Trail - I • Edward S. Ellis

... on this day of days, was her beloved aunt Jane? However, this thought, like all others, came and went in a flash, for the whole morning was like a series of magic lantern pictures, crossing and recrossing her field of vision. She played, she sang, she recited Queen Mary's Latin prayer, like one in a dream, only brought to consciousness by meeting Mr. Aladdin's eyes as she spoke the last line. Then at the end of the programme came her class poem, Makers of To-morrow; and ...

— Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... all her days, though her field of vision had been restricted. Clear-eyed, from her childhood days with the saloonkeeper Cady and Cady's good-natured but unmoral spouse, she had observed, and, later, generalized much upon sex. She knew the post-nuptial problem of retaining a husband's love, as few wives of any class ...

— The Valley of the Moon • Jack London

... express train, as shown on a cinematograph screen, in the act of approaching the audience. At one moment the ship was visible from her water-line to the truck of her top-mast; at the next her bulk had suddenly expanded and seemed to fill the complete field of vision. It looked as if the two lads, in spite of the distance they had put between themselves and the motionless submarine, would yet be in the way of the vengeful battleship, whose extreme beam was not less than ...

— The Submarine Hunters - A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War • Percy F. Westerman

Copyright © 2025 e-Free Translation.com