blind spot
Noun
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Noun
blind spot (plural blind spots)
- The place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina, and so where the retina cannot detect light.
- In driving, the part of the road that cannot be seen in the rear-view mirror.
- When he changed lanes, he sideswiped a car that was in his blind spot.
- In a stadium or auditorium, any location affording those seated or standing there only an obstructed visual or auditory experience.
- Our seats turned out to be in a blind spot behind a pillar blocking our view on the stage.
- (figuratively) An inability to recognize a fact or think clearly about a certain topic, especially because of a prejudice.
- He loves her so much that he has a blind spot when it comes to her faults.
- (figuratively) A subject or area about which one is uninformed or misinformed, often because of a prejudice or lack of appreciation.
- The new study addresses the blind spot created by previous research having excluded healthy adult subjects.
- A location where radio reception and/or transmission is significantly poorer than in surrounding locations.
- (location with poor radio service) dead spot
- French: point aveugle, tache aveugle
- German: blinder Fleck
- Portuguese: ponto cego
- Russian: слепо́е пятно́
- Spanish: punto ciego, papila optica, mancha ciega
- French: angle mort
- German: toter Winkel, blinder Fleck
- Italian: punto cieco
- Portuguese: ponto cego
- Russian: слепа́я зо́на
- Spanish: punto ciego
- French: aveuglement
- German: Blindheit
- French: inconnu
- French: zone blanche
- German: Funkloch
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