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Vision that works, to one degree or another, in the low-light conditions of night.
Such vision provided naturally by the biological systems of an eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- The field workers doing the nighttime field work had a rule that artificial lights were to be kept doused or shaded so as not to blind their night vision after their eyes had spent many minutes adjusting to the dark.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scotopia
Antonyms: none provided
Vision that works, to one degree or another, in the low-light conditions of night.
Such vision provided by technology or (in fiction) by superpowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- night vision goggles
- night vision devices
- night vision equipment
- The special forces operating in the area were relying heavily on night vision and smart weapon systems.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: night-sight, scotopic vision, twilight vision
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
رُؤْيَة لَيْلِيَّة
(ruʔya layliyya)
— ability to see in the dark
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Belarusian:
начно́е ба́чанне
(načnóje báčannje)
— ability to see in the dark
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Chinese Mandarin:
夜視 /夜视
(yèshì)
— ability to see in the dark
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Danish:
nattesyn
— ability to see in the dark
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Finnish:
hämäränäkö
— ability to see in the dark
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Finnish:
pimeänäkö
— ability to see in the dark
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French:
vision de nuit
— ability to see in the dark
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French:
nyctalopie
— ability to see in the dark
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French:
vision nocturne
— ability to see in the dark
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German:
Nachtsicht
— ability to see in the dark
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Greek:
νυχτερινή όραση
(nychteriní órasi)
— ability to see in the dark
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Japanese:
暗視
(anshi)
— ability to see in the dark
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Korean:
야간 시력
(yagan siryeok)
— ability to see in the dark
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nattsyn
— ability to see in the dark
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
nattsyn
— ability to see in the dark
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Polish:
noktowizja
— ability to see in the dark
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Russian:
ночно́е ви́дение
(nočnóje vídenije)
— ability to see in the dark
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Spanish:
visión nocturna
— ability to see in the dark
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Swedish:
mörkerseende
— ability to see in the dark
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Turkish:
gece görüşü
— ability to see in the dark
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Ukrainian:
нічне́ ба́чення
(ničné báčennja)
— ability to see in the dark
