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  2. Averted vision - Wikipedia

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    This situation results in a decrease in visual sensitivity in central vision at night. Based on the early work of Osterberg (1935), and later confirmed by modern adaptive optics, [7] the density of the rod cells usually reaches a maximum around 20 degrees off the center of vision. Some researchers have contested the claim that averted vision is ...

  3. Visual angle - Wikipedia

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    If one looks at a one-centimeter object at a distance of one meter and a two-centimeter object at a distance of two meters, both subtend the same visual angle of about 0.01 rad or 0.57°. Thus they have the same retinal image size R ≈ 0.17 mm {\displaystyle R\approx 0.17{\text{ mm}}} .

  4. Visual acuity - Wikipedia

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    Vision of 6/12 corresponds to lower performance, while vision of 6/3 to better performance. Normal individuals have an acuity of 6/4 or better (depending on age and other factors). In the expression 6/x vision, the numerator (6) is the distance in metres between the subject and the chart and the denominator (x) the distance at which a person ...

  5. Accommodation reflex - Wikipedia

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    Light from a single point of a distant object and light from a single point of a near object being brought to a focus. The accommodation reflex (or accommodation-convergence reflex) is a reflex action of the eye, in response to focusing on a near object, then looking at a distant object (and vice versa), comprising coordinated changes in vergence, lens shape (accommodation) and pupil size.

  6. Optics and vision - Wikipedia

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    The metric equivalent is 6/6 vision where the distance is 6 meters. The 20/ x number does not directly relate to the eyeglass prescription required to correct vision; rather an eye exam seeks to find the prescription that will provide at least 20/20 vision.

  7. Accommodation (vertebrate eye) - Wikipedia

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    Accommodation is the process by which the vertebrate eye changes optical power to maintain a clear image or focus on an object as its distance varies. In this, distances vary for individuals from the far point—the maximum distance from the eye for which a clear image of an object can be seen, to the near point—the minimum distance for a ...

  8. Perceived visual angle - Wikipedia

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    This idea that one does not see the different directions in which objects lie from oneself is a basis of the so-called "size–distance invariance hypothesis" (SDIH). That old SDIH logic (geometry) is typically illustrated using a diagram that resembles Figure 2, but has the physical visual angle θ substituted for the perceived visual angle θ

  9. Farsightedness - Wikipedia

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    Minor hypermetropia in young patients is usually corrected by their accommodation, without any defects in vision. [2] But, due to this accommodative effort for distant vision, people may complain of eye strain during prolonged reading. [2] [7] If the hypermetropia is high, there will be defective vision for both distance and near. [2]