visual display unit
VDU | (British) British term for video display |
appearance
visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
| focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system, in focus, out of focus |
| focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea, the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion |
| visual property | an attribute of vision |
| visual range | distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye |
| visual system | the sensory system for vision |
| visual cell | one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light |
visual area
visual cortex | the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus |
striate cortex
striate area
first visual area
area of Brodmann
Brodmann's are | the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision |
sight
vision visual sense
visual modality | the ability to see, the visual faculty |
acuity visual acuity
sharp-sightedness | sharpness of vision, the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) |
focus
focusing
focussing
focal point
direction centering | the concentration of attention or energy on something, the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology, he had no direction in his life |
visual perception
beholding
seeing | perception by means of the eyes |
| visual space | the visual perception of space |
| vision visual sensation | the perceptual experience of seeing, the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision, he had a visual sensation of intense light |
visual percept
visual image | a percept that arises from the eyes, an image in the visual system |
visual field
field of vision
field of regard | all of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment |
visual image visualization
visualisation | a mental image that is similar to a visual perception |
sight gag
visual joke | a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) |
| visual communication | communication that relies on vision |
| visual signal | a signal that involves visual communication |
| focus | a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section |
focus
focal point | a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges |
visual aphasia
alexia
word blindness | inability to perceive written words |
| visual agnosia | inability to recognize or interpret objects in the visual field |
focus
focal point
nidus | a central point or locus of an infection in an organism, the focus of infection |
| visual hallucination | illusory visual perception |
| stress focus | special emphasis attached to something, the stress was more on accuracy than on speed |
visual impairment
visual defect
vision defect
visual disorder | impairment of the sense of sight |
visual purple
rhodopsin
retinal purple | a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates, dissociates into retinene by light |
| focus focalize focalise sharpen | put (an image) into focus, Please focus the image, we cannot enjoy the movie |
focus
focalize
focalise | become focussed or come into focus, The light focused |
concentrate
focus
center
centre
pore
rivet | direct one's attention on something, Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies |
concenter
concentre
focalize
focalise
focus | bring into focus or alignment, to converge or cause to converge, of ideas or emotions |
| focus | cause to converge on or toward a central point, Focus the light on this image |
focus on
center on
revolve around
revolve about
concentrate on
center | center upon, Her entire attention centered on her children, Our day revolved around our work |
ocular
visual | visible, be sure of it, give me the ocular proof- Shakespeare, a visual presentation, a visual image |
| ocular optic optical visual | relating to or using sight, ocular inspection, an optical illusion, visual powers, visual navigation |