field of view

noun phrase

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Key features: 110-degree field of view, 4K resolution on OLED screens, small but curated library of games and experiences, 120Hz refresh rate, $100 off. Alexander Cox, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025 With an 80-degree field of view, the Illuminate’s webcam can see wide enough to take in more than just one person sitting in front of it. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 Typically, missions surveying the heavens have wide fields of view but at only a handful of individual or groups of wavelengths of light. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025 The doorbell face houses a 4K camera with a 165-degree vertical field of view and a 1:1 aspect ratio, four small infrared LEDs for black-and-white night vision, a PIR (passive infrared) motion sensor, an ambient light sensor, a microphone, and a doorbell button surrounded by an LED light ring. PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for field of view

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First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of field of view was in 1763

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“Field of view.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20of%20view. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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