depth perception
noun
: the ability to judge the distance of objects and the spatial relationship of objects at different distances
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With no color perception, and having his depth perception reduced at dusk, the grizzly saw a dark object against a very bright sky.
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Alann B. Steen, Outdoor Life, 21 May 2025
These provide good depth perception at a 20-30 m range in front and rear directions (important since tractors typically are dragging long attachments for different farming needs).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
To do so, several projectors installed around the auditorium work in tandem with a massive upstage LED wall to toy with depth perception.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
And the combination of that contextual information with the photometric information means that people and animals essentially have perfect depth perception based just on vision.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2019
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Alann B. Steen, Outdoor Life, 21 May 2025
These provide good depth perception at a 20-30 m range in front and rear directions (important since tractors typically are dragging long attachments for different farming needs).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
To do so, several projectors installed around the auditorium work in tandem with a massive upstage LED wall to toy with depth perception.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
And the combination of that contextual information with the photometric information means that people and animals essentially have perfect depth perception based just on vision.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2019
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“Depth perception.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depth%20perception. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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