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dark adaptation

DEFINITIONS OF: dark adaptation

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n the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours

Type of:
adaptation
(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
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