visual system
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈvɪʒuəl ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
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sistema visual
- The visual system includes the eyes and the brain areas responsible for interpreting images.
- the human visual system
- the physiology of the visual system
- the function of the visual system
First of all, your visual system has two modes of processing.
- First of all, your visual system has two modes of processing.
- But that doesn't change the model that our visual system constructs.
- And no, artificial blue light will not replace this aspect of your visual system and offsetting myopia.
- Well, it turns out that focus in the brain is anchored to our visual system.
- Our visual system is so tuned to watch motion and to see movies.
- We move our eyes about three times per second and during each of these eye movements, your visual system is blind.
- So we have this visual system which can be used for other things, for example, judging the aesthetic value of a painting.
- So the visual system, the auditory system, olfactory touch pane and so forth, all of these kind of come together or converge in the amygdala.
- Together they played the Symphony of a mammalian visual system.
Examples
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When the editing fits the way our visual systems evolved to work, it renders itself invisible.
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The subpixels fuse at the retina, and the human visual system perceives a single color according to the rules of the additive color system.
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We move our eyes about three times per second and during each of these eye movements, your visual system is blind.
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First of all, your visual system has two modes of processing.
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Our visual system is so tuned to watch motion and to see movies.
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The role of the visual system is presumably to represent internally the outside world.
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The visual system is of utmost importance in the control of balance, especially in the aged.
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To compensate for the aging process of the visual system, the key elements for lighting are quality, quantity, and consistency.
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Once a clear image has been achieved, with or without glasses, the acuity of the total visual system can be assessed.
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The visual system of the tsetse fly is particularly sensitive to large blocks of contrasting color.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
The sense of seeing and how the eyes send messages to the brain
How Functional
- Specialized
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6.3
- Specialized
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4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'visual' (connected with sight) + 'system' (an ensemble of cooperating organs/processes), so 'visual system' predictably means the system responsible for vision. This compositional, noun–noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The noun visual system names the team of body parts that help you see: visual means 'to see' and system means parts that work together. Imagine the eyes, nerves, and brain as a camera and cables all working as one, so the phrase means the parts and processes that let you see.