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Definition of Tunnel vision
1. Noun. Visual impairment involving a loss of peripheral vision.
Definition of Tunnel vision
1. Noun. A restricted field of vision as the result of looking through some type of object or a medical condition. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) To focus one's attention on one specific item or event, to the exclusion of everything else.; a one-track mind ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Tunnel vision
1. A constriction of the visual field, as though one were looking through a hollow cylinder or tube. Synonym: tunnel vision. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunnel Vision
Literary usage of Tunnel vision
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. U. S. Navy Diving Manual: Air Diving (1999)
"Vision - any abnormality, such as tunnel vision (a contraction of the normal
field of vision, ie, tunnel vision) • Ears - any abnormal sounds, ..."
2. Situational Communication: Relating Styles / by Donald L. MacRae by MacRae, Donald L., 1941-, Dr. Donald L. MacRae (1993)
"You must begin to develop landscape rather than tunnel vision. You must train
yourself to see the big picture; to look at the abstract as well as the ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Chesapeake Bay by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers (2000)
"tunnel vision The Paw Paw Tunnel is too narrow for two boats to pass, as is the
long cut above it. But it is too long to see if another boat has already ..."
4. Adventure Guide to the Chesapeake Bay by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers (2000)
"tunnel vision The Paw Paw Tunnel is too narrow for two boats to pass, as is the
long cut above it. But it is too long to see if another boat has already ..."
5. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1994)
"... tunnel vision (a contraction of the normal field of vision, as if looking
through a tube) • EARS, which may include any abnormality of hearing • NAUSEA, ..."
6. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Night blindness and a reduction in the visual field leading to "tunnel vision"
occurs. The accompanying hearing loss is present at birth and ranges from ..."
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