单词 | fovea |
释义 | fovea (once / 288276 pages) n WORD FAMILY fovea: foveae USAGE EXAMPLESThe "fovea", a patch of tightly packed receptors that delivers sharp vision, forms a horizontal streak instead of the usual circular spot. BBC(May 04, 2016) In the late 1990s, they arrived in New York as part of the theater troupe Fovea Floods. New York Times(Oct 02, 2014) A Gulf & Western infrared Eye-View Monitor was set up just off to the left, carefully calibrated to track the fovea movements of each subject. Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point(2000) n area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute Syn|Hyper fovea centralis area, region a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve |
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