Definitions
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- adjective of vision
monochromatic , as used in neardarkness , using therod cells
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have what they call scotopic sensitivity, which means fluorescent lighting really hurts my eyes, head, and entire nervous system.
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I have what they call scotopic sensitivity, which means fluorescent lighting really hurts my eyes, head, and entire nervous system.
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In limited light, the eyes shift to what is known as scotopic vision, where the photoreceptors in the retina can only perceive simple, large areas of tone, with uncertain boundaries.
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He has a double Purkinje shift with maximum scotopic vision occurring in both the yellow and the blue-violet ranges.
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Darkness: scotopic conditions; carlbachol: 1 min after topical instillation of carlbachol under dark conditions.
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Darkness: scotopic conditions; carlbachol: 1 min after topical instillation of carlbachol under dark conditions.
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Disproportionate loss of photopic vision as compared to scotopic vision was postulated to be caused by light scattering by the corneal lipid deposits.
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Klein SA (1989) Peripheral positional acuity: Retinal and cortical constraints on 2-dot separation discrimination under photopic and scotopic conditions.
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Darkness: scotopic conditions; carlbachol: 1 min after topical instillation of carlbachol under dark conditions.
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The bulbs combine a newly patented proprietary scotopic phosphor blend with a non-radioactive after-glow phosphor blend that provides illumination, helping the human eye adapt more quickly to sudden low-light conditions in an emergency power outage.
qms commented on the word scotopic
If you'd not be thought misanthropic
Then hew to a course philosophic
And look on your fellows,
The whites, blacks and yellows,
Alike with an eye that's scotopic.
May 26, 2016