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- adjective of vision used in normal
daylight
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Examples
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The graphic representation of this ratio shows the spectral photopic eye response curve for daylight and night vision (Fig. 1).
2. Elements Frank Ponemunski 1991
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Their spectral sensitiveness is various and not congruent with the photopic eye response curve.
4. Measurements at Lighting Installations Frank Ponemunski 1991
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- Adaptation of the physical receiver to the photopic eye response curve.
4. Measurements at Lighting Installations Frank Ponemunski 1991
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Even the one octave of visible light is not featureless, at least not to normal individuals and not in photopic vision.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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The mole-rats thus retain dark/light discrimination capabilities and a capacity to perceive short to medium-wavelength light in the photopic range of intensities.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ondřej Kott et al. 2010
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Visual acuity in the RCS rat as tested by an optokinetic system (under photopic condition) has been shown to decrease with age from 0.5 cycle/degree (c/d) at P30 to 0.3 c/d at P90
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shaomei Wang et al. 2010
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Visual acuity in the RCS rat as tested by an optokinetic system (under photopic condition) has been shown to decrease with age from 0.5 cycle/degree (c/d) at P30 to 0.3 c/d at P90
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shaomei Wang et al. 2010
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Klein SA (1989) Peripheral positional acuity: Retinal and cortical constraints on 2-dot separation discrimination under photopic and scotopic conditions.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anna Oleksiak et al. 2010
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The mole-rats thus retain dark/light discrimination capabilities and a capacity to perceive short to medium-wavelength light in the photopic range of intensities.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ondřej Kott et al. 2010
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Our findings suggest that the photopic vision is conserved and that low acuity residual vision plays an important role in predator avoidance and tunnel maintenance in the African mole-rats.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ondřej Kott et al. 2010
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