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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: fovea
Synonym1: fovea centralis
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Definition: central part of the retina, thin and depressed, which contains almost exclusively cones and forming the site of most distinct vision

Note 1 to entry: The fovea subtends an angle of about 0,087 rad (5°) in the field of vision.

Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 845-02-05 in IEC 60050-845:1987.


Publication date:2020-12
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