NOUN | act | light adaptation | the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination |
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Meaning | The process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative. | |
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Broader | adaptation | (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) |
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