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virtual darkness

virtual darkness noun: an environment that has some of the physiological effects of darkness.

Noun

virtual darkness (uncountable)

  1. An environment that has some of the physiological effects of darkness.
    • Infrared photography is the most suitable method for accurately measuring the diameter of the pupil in virtual darkness as well as under any condition of light […]1942, IH Wagman, JE Gullberg, "The Relationship between Monochromatic Light and Pupil Diameter. The Low Intensity Visibility Curve as Measured by Pupillary Measurements. American Journal of...
    • The term scotic (Gr. skotos, darkness) was therefore devised as the most apt term for the condition of virtual darkness.1965, DR Calder, JS Bleakney, Microarthropod Ecology of a Porcupine-Inhabited Cave in Nova Scotia: Ecology

Questions about virtual darkness

What does virtual darkness mean?
Virtual darkness means an environment that has some of the physiological effects of darkness.
What part of speech is virtual darkness?
Virtual darkness is a noun.

Words near virtual darkness in the dictionary

  1. virtual communities
  2. virtual community
  3. virtual consumption
  4. virtual currencies
  5. virtual currency
  6. virtual darkness
  7. virtual data room
  8. virtual data rooms
  9. virtual desktop
  10. virtual desktops
  11. virtual dinner parties

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