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Definition of Night vision
1. Noun. The ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight).
Generic synonyms: Sight, Vision, Visual Modality, Visual Sense
Definition of Night vision
1. Noun. The ability, either naturally, by technology or by superpowers, to see in a low light or even dark environment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Night vision
1. Vision when the eye is dark-adapted. See: dark adaptation, dark-adapted eye. Synonym: night vision, rod vision, scotopia, twilight vision. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Night Vision
Literary usage of Night vision
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Primitive Piety Revived: Or, The Aggressive Power of the Christian Church. A by Henry Clay Fish, Congregational Board of Publication (1855)
"Xavier's night vision. —The earnest Man. — The earnest Christian.— Christ an
Example of Earnestness. — Paul. — The Order of the Jesuits. ..."
2. New Testament Theology: Or, Historical Account of the Teaching of Jesus and by Willibald Beyschlag, Neil Buchanan (1895)
"... and in Luke, in a manifestly mythical description of the conflict in Gethsemane ;
in the history of Paul only once in the night vision (Acts xxvii. 23). ..."
3. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Dan 2:19. unto Daniel in a night vision. 28. and the visions of thy head 4: ...
Where (there is) no vision, 29: 7. shall be as a dream of a night vision. ..."
4. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"night vision night vision is the ability to see in the dark. In night blindness
there may be a pronounced deficiency in dark adaptation as well as a defect ..."
5. Training in Night Movements: Based on Actual Experience in War by Charles Burnett (1917)
"night vision and Objects, and the Color of Surrounding Objects. The color of the
dress has great bearing on vision; and I have learned the following facts ..."
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