Meanings
- uncountableThe part of vision that occurs outside the gaze or central area of focus.
Does it feel as if somebody's keeping an eye on you? / Peripheral visions / Playing tricks on me
2016, “Mystery Girl”, in Belladonna of Sadness, performed by Alexandra Savior2 more examples
Have you ever gotten a glimpse of something out of the corner of your eye? A simple movement caught in your peripheral vision.
2008 April 7, “Peripheral Vision”, in Creepypasta, archived from the original on 31 May 2008Walking forward on the beam, Jillian would answer Lindsey's questions about what she saw in her peripheral vision. At first she would try to look left and right instead of using her peripheral vision or she would report that she saw blurry or double images of objects.
2010, Robin Benoit, Jillian Benoit, Jillian's Story: How Vision Therapy Changed My Daughter’s Life
Translations
Catalan visió perifèrica
- visió perifèricaTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 週邊視覺 /周边视觉
- 週邊視覺 /周边视觉Translations
Czech periferní vidění
- periferní viděníTranslations
Dutch perifeer zicht
- perifeer zichtTranslations
Esperanto periferia vidkapablo
- periferia vidkapabloTranslations
Finnish ääreisnäkö
- ääreisnäköTranslations
French vision périphérique
- vision périphériqueTranslations
German peripheres Sehen, peripherale Sicht
- peripheres SehenTranslations
- peripherale SichtTranslations
- periphere SichtTranslations
Greek περιφερική όραση
- περιφερική όραση (periferikí órasi)Translations
Italian visione periferica
- visione perifericaTranslations
Norwegian Bokmål sidesyn
- sidesynTranslations
Polish widzenie peryferyjne, widok obwodowy
- widzenie peryferyjneTranslations
- widok obwodowyTranslations
Portuguese visão periférica
- visão periféricaTranslations
Russian перифери́ческое зре́ние
- перифери́ческое зре́ние (periferíčeskoje zrénije)Translations
Spanish visión periférica
- visión periféricaTranslations
Cite this entry
peripheral vision. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peripheral%20vision
“peripheral vision.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peripheral%20vision. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peripheral vision,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peripheral%20vision.
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