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    VISUAL MODALITY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The ability to see; the visual facultyplay

    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)

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