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A restricted field of vision, especially as the result of looking through some type of object or a medical condition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Some people experience tunnel vision during a panic attack.
- It took some time for him to get used to the tunnel vision he experienced while looking through a periscope.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The tendency to focus one's attention on one specific idea or viewpoint, to the exclusion of everything else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- After Mark fell victim to tunnel vision, nothing you could say to him would change his mind.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: one-track mind
Antonyms: none provided
visual impairment involving a loss of peripheral vision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual impairment, visual defect, vision defect, visual disorder
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
tunnelsyn
— restricted field of vision
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Dutch:
tunnelvisie
— restricted field of vision
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Finnish:
putkinäkö
— restricted field of vision
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French:
vision tunnellaire
— restricted field of vision
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French:
vision tunnelisée
— restricted field of vision
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German:
Tunnelblick
— restricted field of vision
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Greek:
σωληνοειδής όραση
(solinoeidís órasi)
— restricted field of vision
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Hungarian:
csőlátás
— restricted field of vision
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Marathi:
विवर दृष्टि
(vivar dŕṣṭi)
— restricted field of vision
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tunnelsyn
— restricted field of vision
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
tunnelsyn
— restricted field of vision
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Polish:
widzenie lunetowe
— restricted field of vision
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Russian:
тунне́льное зре́ние
(tunnélʹnoje zrénije)
— restricted field of vision
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Spanish:
visión de túnel
— restricted field of vision
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Swedish:
tunnelseende
— restricted field of vision