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fovea

fovea

8.3
The central area of a display or view where visual detail is shown in higher quality
  • noun
  • /ˈfoʊviə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fóvea
  • That's the size of your that that is the size of your fovea, the center of your visual field.

Examples

  • It's like what John Carmack said with the fovea, optimizing that center.

  • So this obviously if you remember, this is close to the fovea, and here's medial and here's lateral.

  • This would be say in the Fovea would be connected to bipolar cells.

  • The fovea is the part of the retina that allows us to see fine details clearly.

  • When reading, our eyes fixate on the fovea to enhance visual clarity.

  • During a visual examination, the doctor focused on the fovea to assess visual acuity.

Compounds

fovea centralis
  • Specialized
8.5

A small pit at the center of the back of the eye that gives the clearest vision

Surface Forms

fovea singular
foveae plural

Etymology

Fovea comes from the Latin word fovea meaning 'pit' or 'small hollow', like a fruit pit. That's why in vision science and computing the fovea is the central 'pit' of the view where the system gives the most detail and processing.