hand-eye coordination
noun
: the way that one's hands and sight work together to be able to do things that require speed and accuracy (such as catching or hitting a ball)
an athlete with good hand-eye coordination
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Tryouts are intense, requiring extreme concentration, speed, agility and hand-eye coordination.
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Engineers still struggle to replicate a grasping human hand, or the hand-eye coordination of a human brain.
—Natan Linder, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In some ways, the purpose seems obvious — an efficient way to refine your hand-eye coordination before a big match, like Alcaraz’s showdown with American Taylor Fritz on Friday in the Wimbledon men’s semifinals.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 11 July 2025
While the newborns and younger babies look at the toys above them, older ones will start engaging and developing their hand-eye coordination skills.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Engineers still struggle to replicate a grasping human hand, or the hand-eye coordination of a human brain.
—Natan Linder, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In some ways, the purpose seems obvious — an efficient way to refine your hand-eye coordination before a big match, like Alcaraz’s showdown with American Taylor Fritz on Friday in the Wimbledon men’s semifinals.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 11 July 2025
While the newborns and younger babies look at the toys above them, older ones will start engaging and developing their hand-eye coordination skills.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hand-eye coordination
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“Hand-eye coordination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand-eye%20coordination. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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