{
  "fovea":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small fossa":[],
      ": a small depression in the center of the macula (see macula sense 2b ) that contains only cones and constitutes the area of maximum visual acuity and color discrimination \u2014 see eye illustration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u014d-v\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The fovea , a tiny depression at the center of the retina where visual acuity is highest, does all the heavy lifting while the rest of your vision goes unused. \u2014 Sonya Collins, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
      "Humans typically move this fovea , the focus of our vision, two or three times a second while tracking something of interest. \u2014 Joshua Learn | Inside Science, ABC News , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "Most of its light is focused on a small portion of the retina at the back of the eye, called the fovea . \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 17 Jan. 2020",
      "The fovea takes up just about four to five percent of the retina's overall area, but contains most of its nerve endings. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 17 Jan. 2020",
      "Since that would be rather unwieldy, only one tiny area of the retina\u2014called the fovea \u2014provides this kind of resolution. \u2014 Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian , 14 June 2019",
      "Those piercing eyes are much like yours, equipped with 3-D vision and a fovea \u2014 a centralized concentration of light receptors \u2014 the better to focus and track. \u2014 Natalie Angier, New York Times , 22 Sep. 2017",
      "The damage occurs in the fovea , a spot in the retina that is responsible for sharp, central vision. \u2014 Rachael Rettner, Scientific American , 7 July 2017",
      "The ultraviolet light from the sun gets focused from the eye's lens to the center of the retina, called the fovea , Lujan said. \u2014 Jessica Greif, OregonLive.com , 18 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, pit":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210714"
  },
  "fovea centralis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fovea sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8tr\u00e4-",
      "-sen-\u02c8tra-l\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8tr\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, central fovea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1858, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234633"
  },
  "foveiform":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": like a fovea":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u014dv\u0113\u0259f\u022frm",
      "f\u014d\u02c8v-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary fovea (from New Latin & Latin) + -iform":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-161109"
  },
  "foveolarious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": foveate":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6f\u014dv\u0113\u0259\u00a6la(a)r\u0113\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from (assumed) New Latin foveolarius , from New Latin foveola + Latin -arius -ary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-081003"
  },
  "foveole":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": foveola":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u014dv\u0113\u02cc\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "foveole from New Latin foveola; foveolet from foveole + -et":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100755"
  },
  "foveate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small fossa":[],
      ": a small depression in the center of the macula (see macula sense 2b ) that contains only cones and constitutes the area of maximum visual acuity and color discrimination \u2014 see eye illustration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u014d-v\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The fovea , a tiny depression at the center of the retina where visual acuity is highest, does all the heavy lifting while the rest of your vision goes unused. \u2014 Sonya Collins, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
      "Humans typically move this fovea , the focus of our vision, two or three times a second while tracking something of interest. \u2014 Joshua Learn | Inside Science, ABC News , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "Most of its light is focused on a small portion of the retina at the back of the eye, called the fovea . \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 17 Jan. 2020",
      "The fovea takes up just about four to five percent of the retina's overall area, but contains most of its nerve endings. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 17 Jan. 2020",
      "Since that would be rather unwieldy, only one tiny area of the retina\u2014called the fovea \u2014provides this kind of resolution. \u2014 Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian , 14 June 2019",
      "Those piercing eyes are much like yours, equipped with 3-D vision and a fovea \u2014 a centralized concentration of light receptors \u2014 the better to focus and track. \u2014 Natalie Angier, New York Times , 22 Sep. 2017",
      "The damage occurs in the fovea , a spot in the retina that is responsible for sharp, central vision. \u2014 Rachael Rettner, Scientific American , 7 July 2017",
      "The ultraviolet light from the sun gets focused from the eye's lens to the center of the retina, called the fovea , Lujan said. \u2014 Jessica Greif, OregonLive.com , 18 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, pit":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-153020"
  }
}