photoreceptionn.
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)rᵻˈsɛpʃn/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdərəˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/ Biology.
The absorption or detection of light by an animal or plant, esp. as a sensory stimulus.
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reflection1836
irradiation1847
conduction1855
diffusion1859
projection1872
conductivity1881
fusion1892
facilitation1894
reciprocal innervation1896
chemoreception1901
photoreception1902
neurotropism1905
proprioception1906
cheirokinaesthesia1913
schema1920
recruitment1923
conductance1926
volley1928
rectification1941
supersensitivity1949
mechanoreception1958
neurotransmission1961
electroreception1963
phototransduction1972
somatotopy1976
1902 Science 29 Aug. 354/2 Chemoreflex... Photo-reception.
1908 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 21 198 The immediate results following the destruction of photo-reception in one eye are: (1) The production of rapid rotations..on the longitudinal axis of the body, [etc.].
1943 Vitamins & Hormones 1 211 Ordinarily these organisms contain a structure which appears to be specifically concerned with photoreception, the stigma or eye-spot.
1973 J. J. Wolken in L. P. Miller Phytochem. I. ii. 26 Experimental observations..indicated that the photosynthetic process was not a simple photoreception sensitized by chlorophyll.
1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 207 Many have a red colouration in the mesophyll layer..which acts to back scatter light increasing the efficiency of photoreception.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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