field of view

noun Optics.

field ( def 13 ).

Origin:
1805–15

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field of view
noun
the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument) [syn: field]

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Example sentences

The locations are optimized for fairly uniform and high resolution over the

field of view.

Not far from that bright star, my telescope stops as a soft, fuzzy patch of

light enters the field of view.

In those cases, the brightness needs to fill my entire field of view.

The cloud will resolve into hundreds of stars, with perhaps smaller clumps and

hazy patches in the field of view.

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