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Special retinal receptor elements which are presumed to be primarily concerned with perception of light stimuli, when the eye is adapted to darkness.
Special retinal receptor elements which are presumed to be primarily concerned with perception of light stimuli, when the eye is adapted to darkness.

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Special retinal receptor elements which are presumed to be primarily concerned with perception of light stimuli, when the eye is adapted to darkness.


Note: The rods probably play no part in colour stimulus discrimination (see "scotopic vision", 2-1-335).

Reference: C.I.E.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)