Definition of "blind spot" []

• 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. (noun)
• A part of an area that cannot be directly observed under existing circumstances. (noun)
• An area where radio reception is weak or nonexistent. (noun)
• 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). (noun)

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• "This punches a hole in the retina, a place where there are no light-receiving cones or rods, and in doing so produces a blind spot in the signal sent to the brain."
• "REPRESENTATIVE CAREY GRANT R: The president’s remarks are one more example of his blind spot when it comes to the Chinese."