scotopic vision

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   the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)

   Synonymsnight visionnight-sighttwilight vision

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Questions about scotopic vision

What does scotopic vision mean?

scotopic vision means "the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)".

What is another word for scotopic vision?

Close synonyms include night vision, night-sight, twilight vision. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scotopic vision a common word?

scotopic vision is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.