Cones

From International Dictionary of Marine Aids to Navigation
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

2-1-380

Special retinal receptor elements which are presumed to be primarily concerned with perception of light and colour stimuli, when the eye is adapted to light (see "photopic vision", 2-1-330).

Reference: C.I.E.




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