fisheye
See also: fish eye
English
Alternative forms
- fish eye
Etymology
From fish + eye.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃˌaɪ/
Noun
fisheye (countable and uncountable, plural fisheyes)
- An unfriendly or suspicious glance.
- An undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface.
- An undesirable dull appearance in the table of a diamond that has been cut too shallow.
- Short for fisheye lens.
- 2014 January 1, Kit Eaton, “Civilian Photography, Now Rising to New Level”, in The New York Times:
- The imaging unit is not without flaws, and it’s not as powerful as a professional hand-held S.L.R. camera. For example, there’s a noticeable fish-eye distortion in the image that comes from the unit’s really wide vision angle, and you can’t zoom the field of view.
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