foveate
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foveate (comparative more foveate, superlative most foveate)
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foveate (third-person singular simple present foveates, present participle foveating, simple past and past participle foveated)
- (transitive) To angle one's eyes such that the foveae are directed at (an object in one's field of view), the fovea being the portion of the retina responsible for sharp central vision.
- 2020 December 22, Ben Welch, quoting Chuck Leonard, “What is football intelligence and can players develop it?”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- “Tracking an object requires the person to first move their head and eyes to the target, which always results in a slight overshoot, then quickly flick the eyes back to foveate on the target [get the target centred on the optic nerve][sic],” says Dr Leonard.