optomotoradj.
/ˈɒptə(ʊ)ˌməʊtə/, U.S. /ˈɑptoʊˌmoʊdər/ Medicine and Physiology.
= optokinetic adj.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [adjective] > turning eyes in response to moving object
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1926 Brain 49 333 This nystagmus has been termed ‘railway nystagmus’, ‘optomotor nystagmus’ or simply ‘optic nystagmus’.
1932 Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry (Chicago) 28 1024 Interruption of the optomotor pathway..would disturb the ocular adaptation to a certain direction of movement of the visual field.
1961 H. Schöne in T. H. Waterman Physiol. Crustacea II. xiii. 492 The fine adjustment of turning movements in locomotion is checked by optomotor mechanisms.
1988 Trout & Salmon June 31/3 Because of the optomotor response, most people trying to fix a rise will place it downstream of where it occurred.
2002 Jrnl. Exper. Marine Biol. & Ecol. 275 31 The hypothesis that visual performance is reduced by strenuous exercise was tested in Lutjanus carponotatus using the optomotor response.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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