visual sense

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visual sense - the ability to see; the visual faculty visual modality, vision, sight visual system - the sensory system for vision sense modality, sensory system, modality - a particular sense exteroception - sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body 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, sightedness, seeing - 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 vision, night-sight, 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