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sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense
the ability to see; the visual faculty
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cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch, touch modality
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
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audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
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gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
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olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
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stigmatism
normal eyesight
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achromatic vision
vision using the rods
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acuity, sharp-sightedness, visual acuity
sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
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binocular vision
vision involving the use of both eyes
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central vision
vision using the fovea and parafovea; the middle part of the visual field
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chromatic vision, color vision, trichromacy
the normal ability to see colors
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distance vision
vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer
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eyesight, seeing, sightedness
normal use of the faculty of vision
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monocular vision
vision with only one eye
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near vision
vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer
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night vision, night-sight, scotopic vision, twilight vision
the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)
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daylight vision, photopic vision
normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived
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peripheral vision
vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina
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ear
good hearing
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absolute pitch, perfect pitch
the ability to identify the pitch of a tone
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nose
the sense of smell (especially in animals)
