visual cone

visual cone
1. ocular c. 2. retinal c.

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  • Visual cone — Visual Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Visual — Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear, sharpened his… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Visual angle — Visual Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Visual plane — Visual Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Visual point — Visual Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Visual purple — Visual Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Visual ray — Visual Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Visual white — Visual Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Visual yellow — Visual Vis u*al, a. [L. visualis, from visus a seeing, sight: cf. F. visuel. See {Vision}.] 1. Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. [1913 Webster] The air, Nowhere so clear,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Visual phototransduction — is a process by which light is converted into electrical signals in the rod cells, cone cells and photosensitive ganglion cells of the retina of the eye.The visual cycle is the biological conversion of a photon into an electrical signal in the… …   Wikipedia

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