colour vision
1colour vision — spalvinis regėjimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. color vision; colour vision vok. Buntsehen, n; Farbensehen, n rus. цветное зрение, n; цветовое зрение, n pranc. vision colorée, f; vision des couleurs, f …
2colour vision deficiency — Also known as colour blindness and anomalous colour vision. All three terms refer to the inability or diminished ability to distinguish between at least two colours. Although this group of visual deficiencies is traditionally known as colour… …
3colour vision — ability to distinguish among various wavelengths of light waves and to perceive the differences as differences in hue. The normal human eye can discriminate among hundreds of such bands of wavelengths as they are received by the colour… …
4colour vision deficiency — noun genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue • Syn: ↑color blindness, ↑colour blindness, ↑color vision deficiency • Derivationally related forms: ↑colour blind (for: ↑color blindness), ↑ …
5selective sparing of colour vision — The expression selective sparing of colour vision refers to a rare syndrome in which the affected individual is blind, except for the conscious perception of colour. The condition was first described in 1933 by the American neurologist Israel… …
6anomalous colour vision — see colour vision deficiency …
7colour — /kul euhr/, n., adj. v.t., v.i. Chiefly Brit. color. Usage. See or1. * * * I Aspect of any object that may be described in terms of hue, brightness, and saturation. It is associated with the visible wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, which …
8colour blindness — Inability to distinguish one or more colours. The human retina contains three types of cone cells that absorb light in different parts of the spectrum. Absence of these types causes colour blindness to red, green, and blue. Colour blindness is a… …
9colour blindness — noun genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue • Syn: ↑color blindness, ↑color vision deficiency, ↑colour vision deficiency • Derivationally related forms: ↑colour blind (for: ↑color blindness), ↑ …
10colour blindness — The term colour blindness was introduced in or shortly before 1844 by the Scottish physicist and homo universalis David Brewster (1781 1868) as an alternative for the expression * Daltonism. Brewster s proposal for this new name was inspired… …
