viewshed
noun
viewshed is a noun meaning “The view from a particular vantage point” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-E-W-S-H-E-D, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of viewshed is viewsheds.
What does viewshed mean?
noun
- 1
The view from a particular vantage point.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of viewshed
- viewsheds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is viewshed?
Viewshed appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does viewshed come from?
Modelled on watershed, with view. Compare foodshed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).