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Definition of Scotopic vision

1. Noun. The ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight).

Medical Definition of Scotopic 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 Scotopic Vision

Literary usage of Scotopic vision

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)
"The original studies of Kuhne showed a very close similarity between the visibility or luminosity curve of scotopic vision and the bleaching or absorption ..."

2. 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. ..."

3. Light's Labour's Lost: Policies for Energy-efficient Lighting by Paul Waide, Satoshi Tanishima, International Energy Agency (2006)
"scotopic vision is essentially colour-blind and mesopic vision operates with reduced colour discrimination. Lighting quality: a primary driver of ..."

4. 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. ..."

5. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1922)
"The original studies of Kuhne showed a very close similarity between the visibility or luminosity curve of scotopic vision and the bleaching or absorption ..."

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