vision

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1. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	creative thinking, creativeness, creativity,
definition	:	the ability to create (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place,
definition	:	a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	fancy,
definition	:	a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	fantasy, phantasy,
definition	:	imagination unrestricted by reality (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	dream, dreaming,
definition	:	imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	imaginary being, imaginary creature,
definition	:	a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction (noun.person)

2. the ability to see; the visual faculty (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	modality, sense modality, sensory system,
definition	:	a particular sense (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	exteroception,
definition	:	sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	stigmatism,
definition	:	normal eyesight (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	achromatic vision,
definition	:	vision using the rods (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	acuity, sharp-sightedness, visual acuity,
definition	:	sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	binocular vision,
definition	:	vision involving the use of both eyes (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	central vision,
definition	:	vision using the fovea and parafovea; the middle part of the visual field (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	chromatic vision, color vision, trichromacy,
definition	:	the normal ability to see colors (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	distance vision,
definition	:	vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	eyesight, seeing, sightedness,
definition	:	normal use of the faculty of vision (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	monocular vision,
definition	:	vision with only one eye (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	near vision,
definition	:	vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	night vision, night-sight, scotopic vision, twilight vision,
definition	:	the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	daylight vision, photopic vision,
definition	:	normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	peripheral vision,
definition	:	vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina (noun.cognition)

domain member category	:	visual system,
definition	:	the sensory system for vision (noun.body)

3. the perceptual experience of seeing (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression,
definition	:	an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation (noun.cognition)

4. a vivid mental image (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery,
definition	:	the ability to form mental images of things or events (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	prevision,
definition	:	a prophetic vision (as in a dream) (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	retrovision,
definition	:	a vision of events in the distant past (noun.cognition)

5. a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance (noun.event)

hypernym	:	experience,
definition	:	an event as apprehended (noun.event)

6. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine,
definition	:	form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case (verb.creation)

derivation	:	imaginative, inventive,
definition	:	(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action (adj.all)

7. the ability to see; the visual faculty (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	sight, spy,
definition	:	catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes (verb.perception)

8. a vivid mental image (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	airy, impractical, laputan, visionary, windy,
definition	:	not practical or realizable; speculative (adj.all)

9. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine,
definition	:	form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case (verb.creation)

derivation	:	imaginative, inventive,
definition	:	(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action (adj.all)

10. the ability to see; the visual faculty (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	sight, spy,
definition	:	catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes (verb.perception)

11. a vivid mental image (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	airy, impractical, laputan, visionary, windy,
definition	:	not practical or realizable; speculative (adj.all)

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