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blind spot

–noun

1.	Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.

2.	an area or subject about which one is uninformed, prejudiced, or unappreciative: I confess that operettas are my blind spot.

3.	Radio. an area in which signals are weak and their reception poor.

4.	Also called dead spot. any part of an auditorium, arena, or the like, in which a person is unable to see or hear satisfactorily.

5.	an area to the side and slightly behind a driver's field of vision that is not reflected in the vehicle's rearview mirror.

[Origin: 1860–65

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blind spot
n.

Anatomy The small, circular, optically insensitive region in the retina where fibers of the optic nerve emerge from the eyeball. It has no rods or cones. Also called optic disk.
A part of an area that cannot be directly observed under existing circumstances.
An area where radio reception is weak or nonexistent.
A subject about which one is markedly ignorant or prejudiced: "Of course, all of us . . . have our crotchets and our blind spots. I abhor novels written in the present tense" (Mordecai Richler).

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blind spot
noun
1.	a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it"
2.	the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
blind spot1

any matter about which one always shows lack of understanding
Example: She seems to have a blind spot about physics.

Arabic:	قَضِيَّةٌ عَمْياء , * غَيْر مَفْهومَه
Chinese (Simplified):	容易疏忽的弱点
Chinese (Traditional):	不易理解之事﹐無知
Czech:	mezera (ve vědomostech)
Danish:	blindt punkt; hul
Dutch:	zwakke plek
Estonian:	nõrk külg
Finnish:	heikko kohta
French:	refuser de comprendre, *voir clair
German:	der schwache Punkt
Greek:	αδύνατο, ασθενές σημείο
Hungarian:	fehér folt
Icelandic:	blindur blettur; vera blindur fyrir e-u, neita að skilja, *sjá
Indonesian:	kelemahan, titik lemah
Italian:	punto debole

Japanese:	弱点
Latvian:	(kāda) vājā puse; (kādam) neizprotama lieta
Lithuanian:	silpna vieta
Norwegian:	det å være blank
Polish:	słabość, słaby punkt
Portuguese (Brazil):	setor cego
Portuguese (Portugal):	ponto fraco
Romanian:	problemă (permanentă)
Russian:	белое пятно
Slovak:	nemať porozumenie (pre)
Slovenian:	vrzel
Spanish:	punto flojo
Swedish:	företeelse som man är usel på
Turkish:	anlaşılamayan şey, aklın ermediği şey

blind spot2

an area which is impossible or difficult to see due to an obstruction

Arabic:	بُقْعَةٌ عَمْياء
Chinese (Simplified):	盲点
Chinese (Traditional):	視線不佳之處，盲點
Czech:	nepřehledné, *slepé místo
Danish:	blind vinkel
Dutch:	blinde hoek
Estonian:	varjatud koht
Finnish:	katve
French:	endroit sans visibilité
German:	der blinde Fleck
Greek:	σημείο που δεν μπορεί να δει εύκολα κπ. λόγω παρεμβαλλό
Hungarian:	vakfolt
Icelandic:	blindur blettur, staður sem sést ekki
Indonesian:	pandangan terhalang
Italian:	zona morta*

Japanese:	盲点
Latvian:	grūti pārredzama ceļa daļa
Lithuanian:	mirties taškas
Norwegian:	den blinde flekk, dødvinkel
Polish:	obszar niewidoczny, martwy punkt
Portuguese (Brazil):	região nebulosa
Portuguese (Portugal):	área sem visibilidade
Romanian:	punct mort; fără vizibilitate
Russian:	участок плохой обзорности
Slovak:	neprehľadné miesto
Slovenian:	nepregledno mesto
Spanish:	área sin visibilidad
Swedish:	område (föremål) varöver sikten är skymd, blind fläck
Turkish:	kör nokta

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blind spot Audio Help (blīnd) Pronunciation Key
The small region of the retina where fibers of the optic nerve emerge from the eyeball. The blind spot has no rods or cones, so no light or visual image can be transmitted.

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
blind spot

A small region in the visual field (the area scanned by the eye) that cannot be seen. The blind spot corresponds to an area in the eye where the optic nerve enters the retina.

Note: In a general sense, the term is used to refer to an inability to see things that might be obvious to another observer: “He has a blind spot as far as his daughter's behavior is concerned.”

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