FIELD OF VIEW

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

field; field of view

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("field of view" is a kind of...):

visual image; visual percept (a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "field of view"):

microscopic field (the areas that is visible through a microscope)

operative field (the area that is open during surgery)