Term: dark adaptation: the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: herald: (formal) a person who announces important news
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: civil order: the form of government of a social organization
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: frost: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: griot: a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: law of independent assortment: each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: backlog: the large log at the back of a hearth fire
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: amoralism: the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: coconut oil: oil from coconuts
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: tiger beetle: active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects
Broader: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | Unrelated: perfection: the act of making something perfect