Definition of Foveal vision

1. Noun. Vision with the fovea.

Generic synonyms: Daylight Vision, Photopic Vision

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foveal Vision

fovea inguinalis interna
fovea oblonga cartilaginis arytenoideae
fovea of the femoral head
fovea of the radial head
fovea pterygoidea
fovea spherica
fovea sublingualis
fovea submandibularis
fovea submaxillaris
fovea superior
fovea triangularis cartilaginis arytenoideae
fovea trochlearis
foveae
foveal
foveal vision (current term)
foveas
foveate
foveated
foveates
foveating
foveation
foveations
foveiform
foveola
foveola coccygea
foveola gastrica
foveola ocularis
foveola papillaris
foveola retinae

Literary usage of Foveal vision

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Silent Reading, with Special Reference to Methods for Developing Speed: A by John Anthony O'Brien (1921)
"The perception that occurs therein is of two kinds, foveal and peripheral. The area that can be grasped by foveal vision in any one fixation is relatively ..."

2. The Psychological Experiences Connected with the Different Parts of Speech by Eleanor Harris (Rowland) Wembridge (1907)
"On the contrary in at least one typical and rather exacting visual process, ». e., that involved in reading, we have seen that extra-foveal vision is an ..."

3. Color and Its Applications by Matthew Luckiesh (1921)
"... (3) the shift in the maximum of the luminosity curve of the eye (Purkinje effect) at low illumination, (4) the absence of such a shift for foveal vision ..."

4. A Text-book of Experimental Psychology by Charles Samuel Myers (1909)
"The threshold for movement is higher in peripheral than in foveal vision. We are ignorant of any influence of dark adaptation upon the threshold. ..."

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