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Eye-hand coordination
Hand-eye coordination Definition Hand-eye coordination is the ability of the vision system to coordinate the information received through the eyes to control, guide, and direct the hands in the accomplishment of a given task, such as handwriting or catching a ball. Hand-eye... Read more |
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simple eye
simple eye Eye consisting of a single ocellus. Such eyes are found in adult insects, and in the larvae of hemimetabolous insects. Usually there are three, arranged triangularly on the head. Simple eyes are not thought to be involved in the formation of images, but act only as monitors of the level... Read more |
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Amblyopia
Amblyopia Definition Amblyopia refers to diminished vision in either one or both eyes, for which no cause can be discovered upon examination of the eye. Amblyopia is the medical term used when the vision in one of the eyes is reduced because the eye and the brain are not... Read more |
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fairlead
fairlead, a means of leading a rope in the most convenient direction for working, perhaps with a leading block to alter its direction or with eyes or cringles to keep it clear of obstructions.In the old sailing ships, a board with holes in it, through which various parts of the running rigging were... Read more |
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Eye muscle surgery
Eye muscle surgery Definition Eye muscle surgery is performed to weaken, strengthen, or reposition any of the extraocular muscles (small muscles) located on the surface of the eye that move the eyeball in all directions. Purpose The extraocular muscles attach via tendons to the... Read more |
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pineal eye
pineal eye (epiphysial eye, median eye) In Sphenodontidae (tuatara), some lizards, Petromyzonidae (lamprey), and many fossil vertebrates, a structure on the top of the head that resembles an eye, with a lens and a retina, linked to the brain by a nerve. It is the larger and more developed of a pair... Read more |
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strabismus
strabismus , inability of the eyes to focus together because of an imbalance in the muscles that control eye movement; also called squint. It is a consequence of weakness or uneven development of one or more of the six small muscles that surround the eye. One or both eyes may be affected.... Read more |
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eye
eye organ of vision and light perception. In humans the eye is of the camera type, with an iris diaphragm and variable focusing, or accommodation. Other types of eye are the simple eye, found in many invertebrates, and the compound eye, found in insects and many other arthropods. In an alternate... Read more |
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photography
...bodily experience of the individual, its lens becoming the roving eye of the beholder. Most obviously one sees this in travel and...to veracity upon the imagined elision between the human eye and the mechanical camera (an idea manifested in the title... |
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female form
...form for Burke represents the perfection of beauty because it embodies no excesses or disunities that might shock his roving eye. Burke is a useful example, as his opinions were to codify aesthetic opinions about the beauties of the female form... |
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Aubrey, John
...quil cap, which came 2 or 3, at least, inches over his eyes, which served him as an umbrella’; Dr Corbet, bishop of Oxford...something of Aubrey's own vivacity: ‘a shiftless person, roving and magotie-headed, and sometimes little better than crazed... |
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Warren, William
...engagements in New York and in London. In 1846, tired of a roving life, he settled in Boston and was enlisted as a member of the...large, tall, jowly man, with penetrating, heavy‐lidded eyes and a large shock of curly black hair. Although the noted Boston... |
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Wolsey, Thomas
...theological polemic of John Fisher. However, he had a good eye for intellectual gifts in others; and his educational foundations...the issue devolved to a commission composed of himself and the roving Cardinal Campeggio, but the queen's appeal to Rome thwarted... |
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roving eye
rov·ing eye • n. [usu. in sing.] a tendency to flirt or be constantly looking to start a new sexual relationship: if his wife wasn't around, he had a roving eye. |
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rove
...through (a place) in such a way: children roving the streets. ∎ [usu. as adj.] (roving) travel for one's work, having no fixed base: he trained as a roving reporter. ∎ (of eyes) look in changing directions in order... |
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Wolsey, Thomas
...management of the church was less creative. However, he had a good eye for intellectual gifts in others; and his educational foundations...the issue devolved to a commission composed of himself and the roving Cardinal Campeggio, but the queen's appeal to Rome thwarted... |
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Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting
...Maxwell (2009). Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting...political advisor to Journalism 's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign...exceptions explored in Journalism's Roving Eye, foreign ... |
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Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting.(Book review)
Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting...John Maxwell Hamilton, Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting...0, 680 pp. $45.00 Journalism's Roving Eye is subtitled "A History of ... |
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Soc: Eriksson called a "seagull" with "roving eye"
...Eriksson called a "seagull" with "roving eye" By Jess Harrold LONDON, June 24...described asa "seagull" with a "roving eye" today amid evidence alleging...the effect that "Sven's got a roving eye. He's like a seagull and ... |
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'Roving eye' Eriksson misled boss over affair, tribunal told
ENGLAND manager Sven-Gran Eriksson had a "roving eye" and was like a "seagull who would wrap his wings around...FA's lawyer, Alistair MacLean: "I know Sven has a roving eye. I know he's like a seagull that can wrap his wings... |
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Her Husband's Roving Eye Looks Like Trouble to Wife
...Doesn't that count for anything?" How to tame a roving eye: "Just because many men ogle other women, doesn...What's more, contrary to what Larry thinks, his roving eye is well within his control. If Larry notices a pretty... |
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SVEN'S A SEAGULL WITH A ROVING EYE; FA director on England boss.(News)
...Davies branded Sven Goran Eriksson a "seagull with a roving eye" amid claims he had a fling with PA Faria Alam. The...remember, though, telling MacLean: "I know Sven has a roving eye and is like a seagull... he wraps his wings around... |
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His roving eye at beach made contact too often
...right. A married man is entitled to look. But how flagrant was your roving eye? Next time, bring sunglasses (not a bad idea at the beach, anyway) and learn to move your eyes without moving your head. Be sensitive to your wife's insecurities... |
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Furious rows, a roving eye, and insufferable vanity. What is the truth about...
...Simon Le Bon did an immediate sweep of the guests with his eyes in order to ascertain the 'talent' situation. As he walked...attractive to women,' says a source. 'When he shows signs of a roving eye she blanks him and pretends it isn't happening. But Yasmin... |
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Roving Eye.(News)(Illustration)
...left, and Publisher Chuck Ross at the magazine's Meet the Editor Night June 2 at Dodger Stadium. Please send your Roving Eye photos and complete caption information to rovingeye@crain.com. Caption information must include the name, date... |
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Roving Eye.(TV Currents)
...Lewis attend a briefing on the Voting Rights Act July 26 at the Library of Congress in Washington. Please send your Roving Eye photos and complete caption information to rovingeye@crain.com. Caption information must include the name, date... |
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