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blind spot
[ blahynd spot ]
noun
- Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
- an area or subject about which one is uninformed, prejudiced, or unappreciative:
I confess that operettas are my blind spot.
- Also called dead spot. any part of an auditorium, arena, or the like, in which a person is unable to see or hear satisfactorily.
- an area to the side and slightly behind a driver's field of vision that is not reflected in the vehicle's rearview mirror.
blind spot
noun
- a small oval-shaped area of the retina in which vision is not experienced. It marks the nonphotosensitive site of entrance into the eyeball of the optic nerve See optic disc
- a place or area, as in an auditorium or part of a road, where vision is completely or partially obscured or hearing is difficult or impossible
- a subject about which a person is ignorant or prejudiced, or an occupation in which he or she is inefficient
- a location within the normal range of a radio transmitter with weak reception
blind spot
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- The small region of the retina where fibers of the optic nerve emerge from the eyeball. The blind spot has no rods or cones, so no light or visual image can be transmitted.
blind spot
- A small region in the visual field (the area scanned by the eye ) that cannot be seen. The blind spot corresponds to an area in the eye where the optic nerve enters the retina .
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blind spot1
Idioms and Phrases
Subject about which one is ignorant or biased. For example, The boss has a blind spot about Henry; he wouldn't fire him for anything , or Dad has a blind spot about opera; he can't see anything good about it . This term uses blind in the sense of “covered or hidden from sight.” It has two literal meanings: an insensitive part of the retina and an area outside one's field of vision. The phrase has largely replaced blind side , which survives mainly in the verb to blindside , meaning “to hit someone on an unguarded side” and “to deal an unexpected blow.” [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
Having experts on board helps to identify "blind spots", he says, and hitting the crowdfunding goal means the project will have time to build its database before launch.
Curiously, she had a blind spot when it came to the most efficient mythmaking machinery of the 20th century: Hollywood movies.
Quite frankly, just by the unapologetically direct way he talks about the Democratic Party’s blind spots, Smith has been propelled into the national political conversation.
But my persistent underlying anxiety meant that one genre remained a blind spot for far too long: horror.
Dems grilled the former Trump Cabinet member on her blind spots and the darkest days of the wrestling promotion she helped lead.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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