Definition of Photopic vision

1. Noun. Normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived.

Exact synonyms: Daylight Vision
Generic synonyms: Sight, Vision, Visual Modality, Visual Sense
Specialized synonyms: Foveal Vision

Medical Definition of Photopic vision

1. Vision when the eye is light-adapted. See: light adaptation, light-adapted eye. Synonym: cone vision, photopia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Photopic Vision

photophoresis
photophoretic
photophosphorylase
photophosphorylation
photophthalmia
photophygous
photophysical
photophysics
photophyte
photophytes
photopia
photopias
photopic
photopic adaptation
photopic eye
photopic vision (current term)
photopigment
photopigments
photopion
photoplatemaking
photoplay
photoplays
photoplethysmograph
photoplethysmographs
photoplethysmography
photoplotter
photoplotters
photopolarimeter
photopolarimetric
photopolymer

Literary usage of Photopic vision

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metric System (1992)
"... International Commission on Illumination (CIE) in 1971.4 The weighting function V(X) was obtained for photopic vision, ie, for retinas adapted to light. ..."

2. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1922)
"The visibility function for peripheral photopic vision appears to be identical with that of central vision (von ..."

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