blind spot

blind spot

n.

1. Anatomy The small, circular, optically insensitive region in the retina where fibers of the optic nerve emerge from the eyeball. It has no rods or cones. Also called optic disk.

2. A part of an area that cannot be directly observed under existing circumstances.

3. An area where radio reception is weak or nonexistent.

4. A subject about which one is markedly ignorant or prejudiced: "Of course, all of us . . . have our crotchets and our blind spots. I abhor novels written in the present tense" (Mordecai Richler).

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blind spot

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) 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

2. 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

3. a subject about which a person is ignorant or prejudiced, or an occupation in which he is inefficient

4. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) a location within the normal range of a radio transmitter with weak reception

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blind spot  (blnd)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blind spot - a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it" matter, topic, issue, subject - some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
	2.	blind spot - the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light optic disc, optic disk retina - the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"

Translations

blind spot n (Anat) → punto cieco (Aut) → angolo in cui manca la visibilità (fig) → punto debole