Vi"sion (?), n. [OE. visioun, F.
vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to
see: akin to Gr. &?; to see, &?; I know, and E. wit. See
Wit, v., and cf. Advice,
Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide,
Revise, Survey, View, Visage, Visit.]
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 Isaiah.
The baseless fabric of this vision.
Shak.
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, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Visioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Visioning.] To see in a vision; to dream.
For them no visioned terrors daunt,
Their nights no fancied specters haunt.
Sir W.
Scott.
Vi"sion (?), n. [OE. visioun, F.
vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to
see: akin to Gr. &?; to see, &?; I know, and E. wit. See
Wit, v., and cf. Advice,
Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide,
Revise, Survey, View, Visage, Visit.]
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 Isaiah.
The baseless fabric of this vision.
Shak.
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, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Visioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Visioning.] To see in a vision; to dream.
For them no visioned terrors daunt,
Their nights no fancied specters haunt.
Sir W.
Scott.
