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Definition of Line of vision
1. Noun. An imaginary straight line along which an observer looks.
Medical Definition of Line of vision
1. The straight line extending from the object seen, through the centre of the pupil, to the macula lutea of the retina. Synonym: line of vision. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Of Vision
Literary usage of Line of vision
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Further: The line of vision of the engineer from his seat in the engine in question
was not absolutely straight ahead. The front of the engine, ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"of vision," in other words, the eye can be turned in all directions about a fixed
axis, at right angles to the line of vision, without causing torsion about ..."
3. The Law of Automobiles by Xenophon Pearce Huddy (1909)
"The line of vision is a matter of great importance in determining the speed of
a passing object. It would be impossible for an observer directly ..."
4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1883)
"For instance suppose A BC D. ABCD is a straight line, and that the eye is placed
at A and looks toward D, the aim or line of vision, would be the line AD. ..."
5. The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses by William Horatio Bates (1920)
"If one looks at the top of a letter, the letter is below the line of vision, and,
therefore, appears to move downward. If one looks at the bottom, ..."
6. Logic by Christoph Sigwart (1895)
"We always refer mentally to the line of vision, and we learn to judge which of
the lines given in the field of vision would prove to be straight if placed ..."
7. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1883)
"ABCD is a straight line, and that the eye is placed at A and looks toward D, the
aim or line of vision, would be the line AD. If the line were placed at B ..."
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