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Definition of scotopic in English: scotopicadjective skə(ʊ)ˈtɒpɪk Physiology Relating to or denoting vision in dim light, believed to involve chiefly the rods of the retina. Often contrasted with photopic Example sentencesExamples - Visual pigments have also evolved to perform specialized functions, such as color vision and scotopic vision.
- The photopic curve is for normal vision, and the scotopic curve is for eyes that are adjusted to the dark.
- Honeybees, forced to feed under dim light levels are colour-blind just as humans are under scotopic conditions
- The low dark noise of rods allows the scotopic system to reliably detect a flash eliciting less than 10 effectively absorbed photons.
- Using an extremely low-light projector and other devices, we get demonstrations of night adaptation, blind spots, mesopic and scotopic vision, peripheral vision, autokinesis and flash blindness.
Origin Early 20th century: from Greek skotos 'darkness' + -opia + -ic. Definition of scotopic in US English: scotopicadjective Physiology Relating to or denoting vision in dim light, believed to involve chiefly the rods of the retina. Often contrasted with photopic Example sentencesExamples - Using an extremely low-light projector and other devices, we get demonstrations of night adaptation, blind spots, mesopic and scotopic vision, peripheral vision, autokinesis and flash blindness.
- The photopic curve is for normal vision, and the scotopic curve is for eyes that are adjusted to the dark.
- The low dark noise of rods allows the scotopic system to reliably detect a flash eliciting less than 10 effectively absorbed photons.
- Visual pigments have also evolved to perform specialized functions, such as color vision and scotopic vision.
- Honeybees, forced to feed under dim light levels are colour-blind just as humans are under scotopic conditions
Origin Early 20th century: from Greek skotos ‘darkness’ + -opia + -ic. |