отводить точку схода на бесконечность

English translation: let the vanishing point go to infinity

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Russian term or phrase:отводить точку схода на бесконечность
English translation:let the vanishing point go to infinity
Entered by: Rachel Douglas

14:39 Nov 25, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Esoteric practices / meditation
Russian term or phrase: отводить точку схода на бесконечность
Если остановить движение глаз, отведя точку схода на бесконечность, и сохранять этот расплывшийся взор, тогда через какое-то время наступает торможение сознания.
Nik-On/Off
Ukraine
Local time: 15:44
let the vanishing point go to infinity
Explanation:
I think it means "letting the vanishing point of your visual field go to infinity".

One would not say "making" it go, because it happens more by cessation of action, than by pushing it toward infinity.

visual field / field of vision

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Note added at 26 mins (2011-11-25 15:05:57 GMT)
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Then probably "making" it go to infinity would work.

Dmitri, why do you have doubts about "vanishing point"? This is used in various contexts, with respect to the field of vision.


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Note added at 33 mins (2011-11-25 15:13:12 GMT)
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Literally or metaphorically:

"Perspective, taken in this sense, does not denote the
fixed position of a vanishing point which unifies the field of vision"
http://www.concentric-literature.url.tw/issues/Affect/11.pdf

"Your vanishing point in this case would be very far to the right of the painting. You very seldom, in real life, can introduce the vanishing point into your field of vision, unless your intent is to distort objects for dramatic effect."
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=623597

"In sum, we have three reasons to say that the vanishing point can be seen: the vanishing point plays a role in optical illusions, it can be precisely located in the visual field through visual means, and it can be blocked from view."
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rsorense/PAPERS/Vanishing point.pdf
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Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 08:44
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Thank you, Rachel!
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let the vanishing point go to infinity


Explanation:
I think it means "letting the vanishing point of your visual field go to infinity".

One would not say "making" it go, because it happens more by cessation of action, than by pushing it toward infinity.

visual field / field of vision

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Note added at 26 mins (2011-11-25 15:05:57 GMT)
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Then probably "making" it go to infinity would work.

Dmitri, why do you have doubts about "vanishing point"? This is used in various contexts, with respect to the field of vision.


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Note added at 33 mins (2011-11-25 15:13:12 GMT)
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Literally or metaphorically:

"Perspective, taken in this sense, does not denote the
fixed position of a vanishing point which unifies the field of vision"
http://www.concentric-literature.url.tw/issues/Affect/11.pdf

"Your vanishing point in this case would be very far to the right of the painting. You very seldom, in real life, can introduce the vanishing point into your field of vision, unless your intent is to distort objects for dramatic effect."
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=623597

"In sum, we have three reasons to say that the vanishing point can be seen: the vanishing point plays a role in optical illusions, it can be precisely located in the visual field through visual means, and it can be blocked from view."
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rsorense/PAPERS/Vanishing point.pdf

Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you, Rachel!
Notes to answerer
Asker: It seems that the author means an intentional action: making the converging (?) point go to infinity to stop eye movement

Asker: I'm just deciding between vanishing and converging. Both seem to be used in this context


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agree  splotnik
1 hr

agree  cyhul
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