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Definition: Blind Spot |
Blind SpotNoun1. The point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | (1) A small area of the retina where the optic nerve enters the eye; occurs normally in all eyes.(2) Any gap in the visual field corresponding to an area of the retina where no visual cells are present; associated with eye disease. (references) |
Medicine | Partie de l'oeil où arrive le nerf optique. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
You can demonstrate its effect by drawing a small X on a piece of paper, then drawing a small circle about 12-15 centimetres to the right of the X. With your left eye covered, concentrate on the X. Move the paper closer and further until you find the point at which the circle disappears. The circle is then positioned directly in line with the blind spot of your left eye.
The blind spot is also called a scotoma, the general term for any obscuration of the visual field.
The mammalian retina is inverted: the rods and cones are on the side away from the lens. The octopus eye is otherwise similar to the mammalian eye, but its retina is rightside-out, thus the octopus has no blind spot. The reason for this apparently inferior design (the light in our eyes has to pass through the nerve before reaching the rods and cones) is that we live where there are bright lights. The heat of a bright light focused on the inverted retina can be carried off by the blood in the adjacent choroid.
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Synonyms: Blind SpotSynonyms: optic disc (n), optic disk (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Blind Spot |
| Specialty definitions using "blind spot": blind spot of Mariotte ♦ Elliot scotoma sign, Elliot's sign. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Blind Spot (1958) | |
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Health | For example, straight lines may appear crooked or wavy, or a blind spot may appear in the field of vision. (references) | |
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Expression using "blind spot": blind spot of Mariotte. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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blind spot | 60 |
blind spot mirror | 33 |
author of blind spot | 3 |
blind spot vehicle | 2 |
blind spot vision | 2 |
blind spot movie | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "blind spot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sferë ku njeriu nuk kupton asgjë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المنطقة العمياء, النقطة العمياء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сляпо петно. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neporozumìní pro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | blind plet (blind spot of Mariotte), Mariotte's plet (blind spot of Mariotte), død vinkel (blind angle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dode hoek (blind angle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tache aveugle (blind spot of Mariotte), point aveugle, papille optique, papille, disque optique, angle mort (blind angle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | toter winkel (blind angle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κηλίδα Mariotte (blind spot of Mariotte), φυσιολογικό σκότωμα (blind spot of Mariotte), τυφλή κηλίδα αιθουσιαίου συστήματος, τυφλή κηλίδα (blind spot of Mariotte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חור ב"שכל", כתם עור. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | holtpont (dead center, dead point, deadlock, impasse, logjam, stalemate, stand-off), érzéketlenség (anaesthesia, analgesia, apathy, bluntness, brutality, callousness, dispassion, impassibility, impassivity, insensibility, insensitivity, insusceptibility, stoniness, stupor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | punto cieco, angolo morto (blind angle), angolo cieco (blind angle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 盲点 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しかく (assassin, capabilities, dead space, qualifications, requirements, sense of sight, square, vision, visual angle), もうて". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | indblay otspay ponto cego, cegueira (anopia, anopsia, blindness, cecity, darkness). (various references) слепое пятно. (various references) slepa mrlja (dead-spot), mrtva zona. (various references) punto ciego del ojo, punto ciego (blind spot of Mariotte). (various references) kör nokta, anlaşılmayan nokta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Blind Spot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blindspot. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-i-l-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: diplonts. | |
-2 letters: diplont, pontils. | |
-3 letters: bionts, bipods, blinds, blonds, indols, pilots, pinots, pintos, pistol, piston, pitons, poinds, points, pontil, postin, spinto, splint, spoilt, stolid, tonsil. | |
-4 letters: binds, bints, biont, bipod, bison, blind, blips, blond, blots, boils, bolds, bolts, bonds, dints, diols, dipso, doits, dolts, idols, indol, lidos, linos, lints, lions, loins, noils, obits, odist. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-i-l-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+5 letters: polybutadienes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 69 6E 64 53 70 6F 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01010011 01110000 01101111 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l i n d   S p o t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0069 006E 0064 0053 0070 006F 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3678758070253828186 |
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