visual field

noun

Definition of visual fieldnext
as in perspective

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Recent Examples of visual field An unexpected disturbance in the visual field can be a trigger. — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026 Patients wear augmented reality glasses embedded with a camera that captures their visual field. — David Cox, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025 Just seconds after smoking the substance, individuals felt a rapid onset of effects, characterized by the body or the visual field crumbling, collapsing, or shattering. — Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 With dynamic current steering, the electrodes stimulate the brain in sequence to trace a shape in the visual field. — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2020 See All Example Sentences for visual field
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visual field
  1. perspective
  2. view
  3. outlook
  4. panorama
  5. prospect
  6. landscape
  7. command
Noun
  • Interior designer Christiane Lemieux offered a more reassuring perspective.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • The Power of Recognition From one perspective, the answer is yes.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of perspective
Noun
  • My $50 telescope delivered crisp planetary views and revealed many deep sky objects.
    — Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The rooms There are 42 bedrooms, and the best offers floor-to-ceiling views of the Bay of Biscay from the roomy clawfoot bathtub.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of view
Noun
  • Markets and consumers have diverged in their opinions and outlooks over the past five years.
    — Derek Horstmeyer, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • Capital expenditure outlook for 2026 unchanged at a range of $24 billion to $26 billion.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Definition of outlook
Noun
  • Together, these nine films offer a rich panorama of contemporary regional cinema, spanning intimate family dramas, coming-of-age stories, social realism, and formally adventurous works.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • Alternatively, head to the dramatic sea cliffs surrounding the Edro III shipwreck for one of the city’s most memorable morning or evening panoramas.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
Definition of panorama
Noun
  • Historical cloud records suggest western Egypt and eastern Libya have some of the best prospects anywhere along the eclipse path, according to Eclipsophile.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The 21-year-old Clark, one of the top prospects in baseball, then added the RBI double in the eighth and another double in the ninth.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of prospect
Noun
  • As the balloon rose into the evening sky, riders could look out across the gardens while the setting sun covered the landscape in warm light.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • On my recent visit, a handful of stray tables and chairs offered a private viewing station to take my morning coffee and consider the new landscape of Detroit.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of landscape
Noun
  • Militaries often run command and control operations away from the frontlines; enemies have sought to disrupt those communications through jamming and, in the past few decades, cyberattacks.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Several generations of jam bands cite Little Feat as foundational, although almost none has come close to matching the group’s seamless stylistic range and command of percolating grooves and noodling-free improvisations.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of command

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“Visual field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visual%20field. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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