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  2. Optics and vision - Wikipedia

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    The resulting perception is also known as eyesight, sight or vision. The various physiological components involved in vision are referred to collectively as the visual system , and are the focus of much research in psychology , cognitive science , neuroscience and molecular biology .

  3. Sight word - Wikipedia

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    Sight words were introduced after whole language (a similar method) fell out of favor with the education establishment. [2] The term sight words is often confused with sight vocabulary, which is defined as each person's own vocabulary that the person recognizes from memory without the need to decode for understanding. [3] [1]

  4. Visual perception - Wikipedia

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    The resulting perception is also known as vision, sight, or eyesight (adjectives visual, optical, and ocular, respectively). The various physiological components involved in vision are referred to collectively as the visual system , and are the focus of much research in linguistics , psychology , cognitive science , neuroscience , and molecular ...

  5. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  6. Peripheral vision - Wikipedia

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    Classical image of the shape and size of the visual field [28]. The outer boundaries of peripheral vision correspond to the boundaries of the visual field as a whole. For a single eye, the extent of the visual field can be (roughly) defined in terms of four angles, each measured from the fixation point, i.e., the point at which one's gaze is directed.

  7. Reticle - Wikipedia

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    A reticle, or reticule [1] [2] also known as a graticule, is a pattern of fine lines or markings built into the eyepiece of an optical device such as a telescopic sight, spotting scope, theodolite, optical microscope or the screen of an oscilloscope, to provide measurement references during visual inspections.

  8. Sight (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Sight is visual perception.. Sight or Sights may also refer to: . An object of sightseeing, a point of interest; Sight (device), used to assist aim by guiding the eye Sighting in, adjusting firearms sights

  9. Stereopsis - Wikipedia

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    Stereopsis (from Ancient Greek στερεός 'solid' and ὄψις (ópsis) 'appearance, sight') is the component of depth perception retrieved through binocular vision. [1] Stereopsis is not the only contributor to depth perception, but it is a major one.