foveate

Meanings

Adjective

  • Having slight depressions or pits.

Verb

  • To angle one's eyes such that the foveae are directed at (an object in one's field of view), the fovea being the portion of the retina responsible for sharp central vision.

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Origin

  • From fovea + -ate (in various senses).

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