Tunnel Vision

  

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Tunnel Vision

Definition: Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision

Noun

1. Visual impairment involving a loss of peripheral vision.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Modern Usage: Tunnel Vision

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen (What's The Frequency, Kenneth?; performing artist: R.E.M.)

Movie/TV Titles

Tunnel Vision (1976)

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Specialty Definition: Tunnel vision

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Normal vision. Courtesy NIH National Eye Institute
The same view with tunnel vision from retinitis pigmentosa.

Tunnel vision is a visual problem or symptom of another problem which produces loss of peripheral vision, as illustrated.

Tunnel vision can be caused by:

The expression "tunnel vision" may also be used as a metaphor for narrowmindedness. When combined with piloting an aircraft, driving, crossing roads or operating heavy machinery, the consequences have been known to be fatal.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tunnel vision."

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Commercial Usage: Tunnel Vision

DomainTitle

Books

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tunnel Vision

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tunnel vision

52

eureka tunnel vision

6

eureka tent tunnel vision

4

band tunnel vision

2

eye tunnel vision

2
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Modern Translation: Tunnel Vision

Language Translations for "tunnel vision"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

тесногръдие (parochialism), ограниченост (finiteness, limitation, narrow mindedness, narrowness, provincialism), ограничено зрително поле. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

unneltay isionvay

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Anagrams: Tunnel Vision

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-i-l-n-n-n-o-s-t-u-v"

-2 letters: inventions.

-3 letters: insolvent, intension, invention, involutes, lenitions.

-4 letters: elutions, envision, evulsion, insolent, involute, lenition, nitinols, nonlives, novelist, olivines, outlines, outlives, unionise, unionist, unsilent, vituline, volutins.

-5 letters: elision, elusion, elution, entoils, envious, inosite, insulin, intines, intones, inulins, inutile, invents, invites, iolites, isoline, liniest, linnets, lionise, luniest, luteins, neuston, ninnies, nitinol, niveous, nonsuit, oiliest, olivine, outlies.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-i-l-n-n-n-o-s-t-u-v"
 

+3 letters: involuntariness.

 

+5 letters: involuntarinesses.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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