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