eyelinen.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪlʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌlaɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, line n.²

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + line n.²

1. A line from an observer's eye to the object viewed; a line of sight; Perspective the horizon line, on which the vanishing point is located, corresponding to the viewer's eye level. Also more generally: a field or range of vision.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > line of sight

line of sight1559

visual line?a1560

ray1625

eyeline1664

line of collimation1687

sight-line1859

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 122 The whole Solid of the Edifice become visible in Perspective (as they say) because composed of the three principal lines used in that Art, viz. that of the Plan or Plot, belonging to the first Idea; that of the Horizon or eye-line, which denotes the second; and the line of distance which makes the third.

1805 W. Frend Evening Amusements 151 The arc between the eye and the plummet must then contain as many degrees as the arc between the thread line and eye line produced.

1828 M. R. Bartlett Common School Man. III. 614 Suppose A, B, the object; C, D, the pole; E, F, the observer; F, I, H, the eye line through the mark on the pole and the object.

1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 532 On the unlimited eye-line of pure space.

1909 Smart Set Jan. 70/1 She was visible all the time; there is no getting out of eyeline in that style of flat.

1969 Pop. Sci. Oct. 68/2 Marks on the board help you locate perspective eye lines and base lines.

1992 Face Feb. 40/1 I asked Helena to stand in my eyeline and talk to me about Alfie.

2004 H. Kunzru Transmission (2005) 75 She found herself staring back at the man on the other side of the room... Guy followed her eyeline. ‘Do you know him?’ he asked.

a. Palaeontology. A narrow ridge on the cephalon of many trilobites, extending from the eye to the glabella.

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1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry ix. 250 Linea facialis, Dalman. Facial or eye line. This line is very distinct in some, indistinct in others, and frequently entirely wanting. It commences at the front margin of the cephalothorax.

1900 C. R. Eastman tr. K. A. von Zittel Text-bk. Palæontol. I. vii. 620 The eyes are first visible on the margin of the dorsal shield after the protaspis stages have been passed through, and later than the appearance of the eye-lines.

1946 H. Woods Palæontol. Invertebr. (ed. 8) 357 There is, in many Cambrian and a few later Trilobites, a thread-like ridge, called the eye-line, which extends from the eye to the glabella.

1995 Mem. Paleontol. Soc. No. 45. 15/2 Both species have..a deep pit in the axial furrow just anterior to the junction of the eye line with the glabella.

b. Ornithology. A contrasting line above, below, or level with the eye of a bird.Cf. eyestripe n. at eye n.¹ Compounds 4.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > coloured band or stripe

fillet1668

eyebrow1738

breastband1819

eyeline1863

1863 Proc. Zool. Soc. 31 276 In that season M[otacilla] lugubris and M. maderaspatana approach our birds by retaining the black eye-line.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Nov. 4/1 A flycatcher sits lengthwise upon a branch. How beautiful..its white eye-lines and barred forehead.

1923 Wilson Bull. 35 159 The white eye line was conspicuous, while the absence of white tail feather tips eliminated the possibility of its being a Bewick's Wren.

1986 T. Bartlett Ducks & Geese (2000) iii. 34 The duck is a lovely shade of buff with an elegant white eye line.

2004 Auk 121 120/2 Brewster's hybrid phenotypes combine the dominant black eye-line characteristic of [Vermivora] pinus with the gray back and whitish underparts of chrysoptera.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eyeline
释义	eyelinen. Brit. /ˈʌɪlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌlaɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, line n.² Etymology: < eye n.¹ + line n.² 1. A line from an observer's eye to the object viewed; a line of sight; Perspective the horizon line, on which the vanishing point is located, corresponding to the viewer's eye level. Also more generally: a field or range of vision. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > line of sight line of sight1559 visual line?a1560 ray1625 eyeline1664 line of collimation1687 sight-line1859 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 122 The whole Solid of the Edifice become visible in Perspective (as they say) because composed of the three principal lines used in that Art, viz. that of the Plan or Plot, belonging to the first Idea; that of the Horizon or eye-line, which denotes the second; and the line of distance which makes the third. 1805 W. Frend Evening Amusements 151 The arc between the eye and the plummet must then contain as many degrees as the arc between the thread line and eye line produced. 1828 M. R. Bartlett Common School Man. III. 614 Suppose A, B, the object; C, D, the pole; E, F, the observer; F, I, H, the eye line through the mark on the pole and the object. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 532 On the unlimited eye-line of pure space. 1909 Smart Set Jan. 70/1 She was visible all the time; there is no getting out of eyeline in that style of flat. 1969 Pop. Sci. Oct. 68/2 Marks on the board help you locate perspective eye lines and base lines. 1992 Face Feb. 40/1 I asked Helena to stand in my eyeline and talk to me about Alfie. 2004 H. Kunzru Transmission (2005) 75 She found herself staring back at the man on the other side of the room... Guy followed her eyeline. ‘Do you know him?’ he asked. 2. a. Palaeontology. A narrow ridge on the cephalon of many trilobites, extending from the eye to the glabella. ΚΠ 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry ix. 250 Linea facialis, Dalman. Facial or eye line. This line is very distinct in some, indistinct in others, and frequently entirely wanting. It commences at the front margin of the cephalothorax. 1900 C. R. Eastman tr. K. A. von Zittel Text-bk. Palæontol. I. vii. 620 The eyes are first visible on the margin of the dorsal shield after the protaspis stages have been passed through, and later than the appearance of the eye-lines. 1946 H. Woods Palæontol. Invertebr. (ed. 8) 357 There is, in many Cambrian and a few later Trilobites, a thread-like ridge, called the eye-line, which extends from the eye to the glabella. 1995 Mem. Paleontol. Soc. No. 45. 15/2 Both species have..a deep pit in the axial furrow just anterior to the junction of the eye line with the glabella. b. Ornithology. A contrasting line above, below, or level with the eye of a bird.Cf. eyestripe n. at eye n.¹ Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > coloured band or stripe fillet1668 eyebrow1738 breastband1819 eyeline1863 1863 Proc. Zool. Soc. 31 276 In that season M[otacilla] lugubris and M. maderaspatana approach our birds by retaining the black eye-line. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Nov. 4/1 A flycatcher sits lengthwise upon a branch. How beautiful..its white eye-lines and barred forehead. 1923 Wilson Bull. 35 159 The white eye line was conspicuous, while the absence of white tail feather tips eliminated the possibility of its being a Bewick's Wren. 1986 T. Bartlett Ducks & Geese (2000) iii. 34 The duck is a lovely shade of buff with an elegant white eye line. 2004 Auk 121 120/2 Brewster's hybrid phenotypes combine the dominant black eye-line characteristic of [Vermivora] pinus with the gray back and whitish underparts of chrysoptera. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1664
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