dark adaptation

Definitions of dark adaptation
  1. noun
    the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
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    adaptation
    (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
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