VISUAL MODALITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The ability to see; the visual faculty

Synonyms:

sight; vision; visual modality; visual sense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("visual modality" is a kind of...):

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)

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)