visual modality

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visual modality - the ability to see; the visual facultyvisual sense, vision, sightvisual system - the sensory system for visionsense modality, sensory system, modality - a particular senseexteroception - sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the bodystigmatism - normal eyesightachromatic vision - vision using the rodsacuity, 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 eyescentral vision - vision using the fovea and parafovea; the middle part of the visual fieldchromatic vision, color vision, trichromacy - the normal ability to see colorsdistance vision - vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewereyesight, sightedness, seeing - normal use of the faculty of visionmonocular vision - vision with only one eyenear vision - vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewernight vision, night-sight, 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 perceivedperipheral vision - vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina