foveation

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English

Etymology

From foveate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

Noun

foveation (countable and uncountable, plural foveations)

  1. The act of foveating (angling the eyes to focus on an object).
    • 2013, Virginio Cantoni, editor, Human and Machine Vision: Analogies and Divergencies, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 106:
      A major question that arises is why should computer vision blindly imitate biological vision? is it really necessary to use foveation at all? Analysing human vision, we find out that the human visual system covers more than 200 degrees field of view.
  2. Pitting and scarring, as seen in smallpox, chickenpox, etc.