mesopic
- adjective
- /mɛˈsɒpɪk/
- Specialized
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mesópico
- Birds are often active during mesopic periods, taking advantage of the low light to find food before full nightfall.
- mesopic lighting conditions
Examples
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On the first day, all the participants completed a mobility test that included two walks on different obstacle courses, one under photopic and one under mesopic conditions.
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The trained group made significantly fewer contacts with obstacles in W2 than in W1 under mesopic illumination conditions, while the untrained group did not.
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A significant reduction in contacts with obstacles under mesopic conditions was found in individuals who received search training.
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Although our results suggest a transfer of effect from the low-level search task to the complex mobility task, the observed mobility enhancement was modest and occurred only under the mesopic lighting condition.
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What we did find was that in the more challenging mesopic lighting conditions, the trained group made significantly fewer contacts with obstacles in W2 than in W1, while the untrained group did not.
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Under the mesopic (poorly lit) condition, the average floor luminance was 3.4 cd/m².
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At dusk, the park is treated as a mesopic environment where both daylight and darkness blend together.
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Driving at dawn requires careful attention, as the mesopic light levels between day and night can obscure hazards.
Synonyms
Partly dark with only a little light
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mesopic comes from Greek parts meso- meaning 'middle' and -opic from ops meaning 'eye', the same idea you see in optic. So mesopic describes the 'middle' light between bright day and dark night, like at dawn or dusk.