Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Receptive or sensitive to light.
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- adjective biology Absorbing and using light, especially for
sensory purposes
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although capable of photoreceptive movement, it took months for a tower to achieve a new position.
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Rods and cones are the two types of photoreceptive cells in our retina.
Neuromarketing - Reality Is What Your Brain Makes Of It William Harryman 2009
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From the photoreceptive cells, the information travels to the brain through the optic nerve, the superfast lane through which electrical signals can reach visual processing fields in the brain in just a few milliseconds.
Neuromarketing - Reality Is What Your Brain Makes Of It William Harryman 2009
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The human eye is made up of two different types of photoreceptive elements known as rods and cones.
365 tomorrows » 2006 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006
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The human eye is made up of two different types of photoreceptive elements known as rods and cones.
365 tomorrows » Persistence of Vision : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006
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As for sight, well the photoreceptive layer of the retina is divided into rods and cones.
Shocking pink Adam Roberts Project 2007
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As for sight, well the photoreceptive layer of the retina is divided into rods and cones.
Archive 2007-07-01 Adam Roberts Project 2007
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The ancestral photoreceptive cells may have been used for something else, like harmonizing Circadian rhythms.
That's another fine mess you've made Jonathan! - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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"Brown Bear, is the plastic of your eyes photoreceptive?"
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The retina is photoreceptive, with rods and cones absorbing light.
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