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VISUAL MODALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ability to see; the visual faculty
Synonyms:
sight; vision; visual modality; visual sense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("visual modality" is a kind of...):
modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)
exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)
Domain member category:
visual system (the sensory system for vision)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visual modality"):
stigmatism (normal eyesight)
achromatic vision (vision using the rods)
acuity; sharp-sightedness; visual acuity (sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart))
binocular vision (vision involving the use of both eyes)
central vision (vision using the fovea and parafovea; the middle part of the visual field)
chromatic vision; color vision; trichromacy (the normal ability to see colors)
distance vision (vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer)
eyesight; seeing; sightedness (normal use of the faculty of vision)
monocular vision (vision with only one eye)
near vision (vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer)
night-sight; night vision; scotopic vision; twilight vision (the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight))
daylight vision; photopic vision (normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived)
peripheral vision (vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina)
