peripheral vision

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Illustration of the peripheral vision of the human eye

peripheral vision (uncountable)

The part of vision that occurs outside the gaze or central area of focus.
- 2010, Robin Benoit, Jillian Benoit, Jillian's Story: How Vision Therapy Changed My Daughter’s Life:
  Walking forward on the beam, Jillian would answer Lindsey's questions about what she saw in her peripheral vision. At first she would try to look left and right instead of using her peripheral vision or she would report that she saw blurry or double images of objects.
- 2016, “Mystery Girl”, in Belladonna of Sadness, performed by Alexandra Savior:
  Does it feel as if somebody's keeping an eye on you? / Peripheral visions / Playing tricks on me

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