field of view

noun

The angular extent of what can be seen, either with the eye or with an optical instrument or camera.

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Meanings

nounfield of view (plural fields of view)

plural fields of view

  1. engineeringThe angular extent of what can be seen, either with the eye or with an optical instrument or camera.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)

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Broader
visual perceptvisual image

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مجال بصر
  • مجال بصرangular extent of what can be seen
Catalan camp de visió
  • camp de visióangular extent of what can be seen
Chinese Mandarin 視野 /视野
  • 視野 /视野 (shìyě)angular extent of what can be seen
Czech zorné pole
  • zorné poleangular extent of what can be seen
Danish synsfelt
  • synsfeltangular extent of what can be seen
Dutch gezichtsveld, blikveld
  • gezichtsveldangular extent of what can be seen
  • blikveldangular extent of what can be seen
  • zichtveldangular extent of what can be seen
Esperanto vidkampo
  • vidkampoangular extent of what can be seen
Finnish näkökenttä
  • näkökenttäangular extent of what can be seen
French champ de vision, champ de vue
  • champ de visionangular extent of what can be seen
  • champ de vueangular extent of what can be seen
German Gesichtsfeld, Blickfeld
  • Gesichtsfeldangular extent of what can be seen
  • Blickfeldangular extent of what can be seen
  • Sichtfeldangular extent of what can be seen
Greek οπτικό πεδίο
  • οπτικό πεδίο (optikó pedío)angular extent of what can be seen
Hebrew שדה ראייה
  • שדה ראייהangular extent of what can be seen
Hungarian látómező
  • látómezőangular extent of what can be seen
Icelandic sjónsvið
  • sjónsviðangular extent of what can be seen
Indonesian ruang pandang, lapang pandang
  • ruang pandangangular extent of what can be seen
  • lapang pandangangular extent of what can be seen
  • medan penglihatanangular extent of what can be seen
Italian campo visivo
  • campo visivoangular extent of what can be seen
Japanese 視野
  • 視野 (shiya)angular extent of what can be seen
Korean 시야
  • 시야 (siya)angular extent of what can be seen
Norwegian Bokmål synsfelt
  • synsfeltangular extent of what can be seen
Persian میدان دید
  • میدان دیدangular extent of what can be seen
Polish pole widzenia
  • pole widzeniaangular extent of what can be seen
Portuguese campo de visão
  • campo de visãoangular extent of what can be seen
Romanian câmp vizual
  • câmp vizualangular extent of what can be seen
Russian по́ле зре́ния
  • по́ле зре́ния (póle zrénija)angular extent of what can be seen
Slovak zorné pole
  • zorné poleangular extent of what can be seen
Spanish campo de vista
  • campo de vistaangular extent of what can be seen
Swedish synfält
  • synfältangular extent of what can be seen
Thai ขอบเขตภาพ
  • ขอบเขตภาพangular extent of what can be seen
Turkish görüş alanı
  • görüş alanıangular extent of what can be seen
Ukrainian поле зору
  • поле зоруangular extent of what can be seen
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Chicago

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