By eye
prep_phrase
prep_phrase ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Prep_phrase
- 1 By estimation, based on a visual inspection, without accurate measurement.
"Thus given a straight line it is very easy to construct a smaller or a greater than it by eye, not just because this is a broad sort of distinction, but because it also involves only one comparison."
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More examples"Thus given a straight line it is very easy to construct a smaller or a greater than it by eye, not just because this is a broad sort of distinction, but because it also involves only one comparison."