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    DARK ADAPTATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hoursplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("dark adaptation" is a kind of...):

    adaptation ((physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light))

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