LIGHT ADAPTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does light adaptation mean? 

• LIGHT ADAPTATION (noun)
  The noun LIGHT ADAPTATION has 1 sense:

1. the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative

  Familiarity information: LIGHT ADAPTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHT ADAPTATION (noun)

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Meaning:

The process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("light adaptation" is a kind of...):

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