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
  • At a time when Iran dominates political headlines, this novel offered a deeply human perspective on a country too often reduced to geopolitics.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The musical retells the story of Heated Rivalry, this time telling the tale of hockey players who want to kiss and explore each other’s bodies from the perspective of the straight, female fans who turned it into a hit.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 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
  • In later iterations, Reihana retitled the panorama In Pursuit of Venus [infected], for the astronomy project and rape joke at the heart of wallpaper’s story.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The Sunday, July 19, and Monday, July 20, 360-degree panorama shows the honeycomb-like patterns stretching across the landscape as far as the rover can see.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 31 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 7 Aug. 2026.

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