titik buta
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of titik (“spot”) + buta (“blind”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌtitik ˈbuta/ [ˌt̪i.t̪ɪk̚ ˈbu.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -uta
- Syllabification: ti‧tik bu‧ta
Noun
titik buta (plural titik-titik buta)
- blind spot:
- (ophthalmology) the place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina, and so where the retina cannot detect light; the portion of the visual field that corresponds to this site
- (ophthalmology, proscribed) any portion of the visual field in which the vision is impaired (by ocular disease)
- Synonyms: bintik buta, skotoma
- (automotive, road transport) in driving, the part of the road that cannot be seen in the rear-view mirror or side-view mirror
- (rail transport) the part of the railway/tramway track that cannot be seen in the side mirror or the side window
- (linguistics) prick, pricking (dots on a manuscript (made with a sharp/pointed tool) as a writing guide so that the writing is straight and neat on unlined manuscript material)
Further reading
- “titik buta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016