Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to or situated in a fovea: as, a foveal image (an image formed upon the fovea centralis of the retina).
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
fovea .
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Examples
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It's during this final shifting of perception from frontal (also known as foveal) to peripheral view that causes the batter to perceive that the ball is dramatically dropping or moving abruptly to the left or right.
The Situationist 2009
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It turns out that the 120 Hz flicker (100 Hz in Europe), while not perceptible in our central, or "foveal" vision, is detected in our peripheral vision.
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Like a curveball, the spinning disks in the illusions appear to abruptly change direction when an observer switches from foveal to peripheral viewing.
Boing Boing 2009
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Our original thought was to place the links along the bottom of the page — outside your foveal vision.
Interesting new Firefox New Tab Page Design - UFies.org 2009
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Our original thought was to place the links along the bottom of the page — outside your foveal vision.
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But peripheral vision, when it becomes salient, tends to automatically cause eye movement leading to foveal vision of the salient stimulus, rather than to introspective awareness of the distinctive qualities and deficiencies of peripheral vision, of which many of us remain unaware.
Pleasure Katz, Leonard D. 2006
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That's because the foveal part of your eye, which is the high-resolution part, is only about the size of your thumbnail held at arms length.
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That's because the foveal part of your eye, which is the high-resolution part, is only about the size of your thumbnail held at arms length.
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That's because the foveal part of your eye, which is the high-resolution part, is only about the size of your thumbnail held at arms length.
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His host's eyes were aimed in more or less the right direction, but the image of the doctor's face was not in their foveal region.
Through The Eye Of A Needle Clement, Hal, 1922- 1978
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Instead, they use their foveal (or central) vision to focus on a word, while using their peripheral vision to find the next spot on which to focus.
Size Matters: Balancing Line Length And Font Size In Responsive Web Design – Smashing Magazine Laura Franz 2014
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