Definition of "fovea" [‖Fo•ve•a]

• A small cuplike depression or pit in a bone or organ. (noun)
• The fovea centralis. (noun)

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• "For one, the eye takes in a limited amount of high-quality information through a part of the eye called the fovea, which is supplemented with lower-quality info as needed."
• "The central part of the retina where our vision is focused most is called the fovea."
• "When you look at a close object, you have to turn in your two eyes so that the image that you're looking at falls on the central part of the retina, called the fovea, of the two eyes."