Lexic.us

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Definition of Scotopic

1. scotopia [adj] - See also: scotopia

Medical Definition of Scotopic

1. Referring to low illumination to which the eye is dark-adapted. See: scotopic vision. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotopic

Literary usage of Scotopic

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

1. The Present Status of Visual Science by Leonard Thompson Troland (1922)
"It is highly desirable that this scotopic visibility or brilliance- wave-length curve should be determined with an accuracy equal to that which has been ..."

2. Literary Disorders: Holistic Diagnosis and Remediation by Ula C. Manzo, Anthony V. Manzo (1993)
"The discovery of scotopic sensitivity came about simultaneous with its ... Recently, Helen Irlen has suggested that "scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome" may not ..."

3. Light's Labour's Lost: Policies for Energy-efficient Lighting by Paul Waide, Satoshi Tanishima, International Energy Agency (2006)
"The CIE has also published a relative luminous efficiency function for a standard scotopic observer that has a very similar shape to the photopic function ..."

4. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1922)
"It is highly desirable that this scotopic visibility or brilliance- wave-length curve should be determined with an accuracy equal to that which has been ..."

5. Illuminating Engineering Practice: Lectures on Illuminating Engineering by University of Pennsylvania, Illuminating Engineering Society (1917)
"In twilight or scotopic vision the foveal or central portion of the retina is less sensitive than the contiguous surrounding portions. ..."

6. The Metric System (1992)
"... function V'(\) gives the spectral luminous efficiency for scotopic vision (CIE 1951); this function K'(A) was ratified by the CIPM in September 1976. ..."

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