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Webster 1913 Edition
Vision
Vi′sion
,Noun.
1.
The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
Faith here is turned into
vision
there. Hammond.
2.
(Physiol.)
The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.
3.
That which is seen; an object of sight.
Shak.
4.
Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter;
as, the
. visions
of IsaiahThe baseless fabric of this
vision
. Shakespeare
No dreams, but
visions
strange. Sir P. Sidney.
5.
Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
Locke.
Arc of vision
(Astron.)
, the arc which measures the least distance from the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or planet emerging from his rays becomes visible.
– Beatific vision
(Theol.)
, the immediate sight of God in heaven.
– Direct vision
(Opt.)
, vision when the image of the object falls directly on the yellow spot (see under
– Yellow
); also, vision by means of rays which are not deviated from their original direction. Field of vision
, field of view. See under
– Field
. Indirect vision
(Opt.)
, vision when the rays of light from an object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina.
– Reflected vision
, or Refracted vision
vision by rays reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively.
– Vision purple
. (Physiol.)
See
Visual purple
, under Visual
.Vi′sion
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Visioned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Visioning
.] To see in a vision; to dream.
For them no
Their nights no fancied specters haunt.
visioned
terrors daunt,Their nights no fancied specters haunt.
Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vision
VI'SION
,Noun.
1.
The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.Faith here is turned into vision there.
2.
The faculty of seeing; sight. Vision is far more perfect and acute in some animals than in man.3.
Something imagined to be seen, though not real; a phantom; a specter.No dreams, but visions strange.
4.
In Scripture, a revelation from God; an appearance or exhibition of something supernaturally presented to the minds of the prophets, by which they were informed of future events. Such were the visions of Isaiah, of Amos, of Ezekiel, &c.5.
Something imaginary; the production of fancy.6.
Any thing which is the object of sight.