anomaloscope
Syllables: ano·ma·lo·scope/əˈnɒmələʊskəʊp/US/əˈnɑməloʊskoʊp/
anomaloscope noun: an instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
Noun
anomaloscope (plural anomaloscopes)
- An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
- The anomaloscope contains a red-green scale from which may be read a number that is proportional to the amount of red in the mixture field, and a Y scale from which is read a number proportional to the luminance of the test color. In testing an observer, the examiner notes the scale values, which...1981, Committee on Vision, National Research Council, “Color Vision Tests”, in Procedures for Testing Color Vision: Report of Working Group 41, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, →OCLC, page...
- For the differentiation between color vision defects of retinal origin and color defects as a result of optic nerve disease the determination of the neutral zone and anomaloscope examination are important.1982, A. Pinckers, “Minimal Requirements for Color Vision Examination”, in G[uy] Verriest, editor, Colour Vision Deficiencies VI: Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium of the International Research...
anomaloscope meaning in Tamil
anomaloscope in Tamil
- நிறக்கோளாறு காட்டு, ஓழுங்கற்ற நிறப்பார்வை சோதனைக் கருவி
Examples of anomaloscope in a sentence
- In testing an observer, the examiner notes the scale values, which then are available for further transformation as noted for the Nagel anomaloscope.1981, Committee on Vision, National Research Council, “Color Vision Tests”, in Procedures for Testing Color Vision: Report of Working Group...
- Anomaloscopes are instruments that assess the ability to make metametric matches.2014, Harinder Singh Sethi, “Color Vision and Color Blindness”, in H. V. Nema, Nitin Nema, editors, Diagnostic Procedures in Ophthalmology...
Forms of anomaloscope
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Origin of anomaloscope
From German Anomaloskop, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-, “a-, prefix meaning ‘not’”) + ὁμᾰλός (homălós, “even, level”)) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look, to look at; to examine, to inspect”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sḱop, ultimately from *speḱ- (“to see; to look, to observe”)).
Words formed from anomaloscope
Questions about anomaloscope
- What does anomaloscope mean?
- Anomaloscope means an instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
- What is anomaloscope in Tamil?
- Anomaloscope in Tamil is நிறக்கோளாறு காட்டு, ஓழுங்கற்ற நிறப்பார்வை சோதனைக் கருவி. See Anomaloscope meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use anomaloscope in a sentence?
- In testing an observer, the examiner notes the scale values, which then are available for further transformation as noted for the Nagel anomaloscope.
- What part of speech is anomaloscope?
- Anomaloscope is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anomaloscope?
- Anomaloscope is pronounced /əˈnɒmələʊskəʊp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of anomaloscope?
- The plural of anomaloscope is anomaloscopes.
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