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Purkyně effect

Purkyně effect is the alternative form of Purkinje effect.

Meaning of Purkinje effect

Noun

Purkinje effect (plural Purkinje effects)

  1. The tendency for the peak luminance sensitivity of the human eye to shift toward the blue end of the spectrum at low illumination levels.

Forms of Purkyně effect

pluralPurkyně effects

Questions about Purkyně effect

What is Purkyně effect the alternative form of?
Purkyně effect is the alternative form of Purkinje effect.

Words near Purkyně effect in the dictionary

  1. Purkinjean
  2. Purkins
  3. Purkis
  4. Purkyne effect
  5. Purkyne effects
  6. Purkyně effect
  7. Purkyně effects
  8. purl
  9. purle
  10. purled
  11. Purleigh

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Purkyně effect (page history and authors); Purkinje effect (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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