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visual angle

visual angle Visual angle is the angle that an object, or the space between objects, makes at the eye.

Visual angle is the angle that an object, or the space between objects, makes at the eye. In the passage, distinct vision is described in terms of whether the separation of two objects subtends a visual angle of one minute.

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Drafting source: Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II. 1902 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 b86b5dbbaa0a0b3ecf6c8b0a089a7ca5409b9bac4e6481cba91c99bba16f31bd. “Baldwin, Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, volume II” (philopsych02balduoft:chars-3885000-3897000).
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