peripheral vision

Noun

Meaning

vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina

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Examples

You can see the future best through peripheral vision. Nicholas Negroponte

Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set foot in. Andrew Pyper

When we inject people with positivity, their outlook expands. They see the big picture. When we inject them with neutrality or negativity, their peripheral vision shrinks. There is no big picture, no dots to connect. Barbara Fredrickson

Hi." "Hi." I shrug, as though to say "Whatever." In my peripheral vision I can see Magnus exhale. He looks a teeny bit nervous. "So." "So." I can play this game too. "Poppy." "Poppy. I mean, Magnus." I scowl. He caught me out. Sophie Kinsella

When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral vision of my memories. She is off to one side, always off to one side, with a book, with a scheme or a project or an enterprise. Martin Amis

Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand. Roger Caras

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