visual modality

1. The ability to see;
   The visual faculty (synset 105662207)
   associated with: visual system - the sensory system for vision
   is a type of:

   • modality, sense modality, sensory system - a particular sense
   • exteroception - sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
   subtypes:

   • stigmatism - normal eyesight
   • achromatic vision - vision using the rods
   • acuity, sharp-sightedness, visual acuity - sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
   • binocular vision - vision involving the use of both eyes
   • central vision - vision using the fovea and parafovea; the middle part of the visual field
   • chromatic vision, color vision, trichromacy - the normal ability to see colors
   • distance vision - vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer
   • eyesight, seeing, sightedness - normal use of the faculty of vision
   • monocular vision - vision with only one eye
   • near vision - vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer
   • night vision, night-sight, scotopic vision, twilight vision - the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)
   • daylight vision, photopic vision - normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived
   • peripheral vision - vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina
   same as: sight, vision, visual sense

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