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night vision

night vision noun: such vision provided naturally by the biological systems of an eye.

Noun

night vision (uncountable)

  1. Such vision provided naturally by the biological systems of an eye.
    • The field workers doing the nighttime field work had a rule that artificial lights were to be kept doused or shaded so as not to blind their night vision after their eyes had spent many minutes adjusting to the dark.
    Synonyms:
    scotopia
  2. Such vision provided by technology or (in fiction) by superpowers.
    • night vision goggles
    • night vision devices

night vision meaning in Kannada and Arabic

night vision in Kannada

ಇರುಳು ನೋಟ

night vision in Arabic

ability to see in the dark
رُؤْيَة لَيْلِيَّة ruʔya layliyya

Examples of night vision in a sentence

  • night vision equipment
  • The special forces operating in the area were relying heavily on night vision and smart weapon systems.

Synonyms of night vision

Questions about night vision

What does night vision mean?
Night vision means such vision provided naturally by the biological systems of an eye.
What is night vision in Kannada?
Night vision in Kannada is ಇರುಳು ನೋಟ. See Night vision meaning in Kannada.
How do you use night vision in a sentence?
night vision equipment
What part of speech is night vision?
Night vision is a noun.

Words near night vision in the dictionary

  1. night terrors
  2. night time
  3. night times
  4. night tremor
  5. night tremors
  6. night vision
  7. night watch
  8. night watcher
  9. night watchers
  10. night watches
  11. night watchman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: night vision (page history and authors); night vision (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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