line of vision

noun phrase

: the area in front of one's eyes
The pole was right in my line of vision.

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Dan Ndoye seemed to be offside and in ’keeper Alisson’s line of vision, but the goal stood. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 May 2026 At the end of the Women’s Intercontinental Championship Match, Lee will lock in the Black Widow submission, but Lynch will rake Lee’s eyes out of the referee’s line of vision. Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026 In my line of vision, where everything appeared faded and frozen in time like a page out of an old calendar, the only evidence of life was the curator walking in front of me. Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026 Before all that came the advice from Jones to keep Kroenke in my line of vision. Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for line of vision

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“Line of vision.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20of%20vision. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

Medical Definition

line of vision

noun
: a straight line joining the fovea of the eye with the fixation point

called also visual axis

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