Groups |
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Primary Base | ok* |
Cross-Reference
Siblings
vist* | Appearance | |
okew* | Blindness | Inability to perceive light. Lack of vision. |
kalypt* | Disappearance | |
* | Invisibility | Lack of visibility. |
* | Observatory | Facility of observation. |
spek* | Observer | Agent of observation. |
* | Scope | Optical instrument. |
* | Surveillance | Observation for the purpose of care. |
* | Visibility | |
ok* | Vision | Ability to perceive light. |
Notes
Fallacy of Vision
Refraction, distortion, illusion, false light, anamorphosis, virtual image, spectrum, mirage, looming, phasma [obs.]; phantasm, phantasma, phantom; vision; specter or spectre, apparition, ghost; ignis fatuus [L.] (luminary) [See Luminary]; specter of the Brocken; magic mirror; magic lantern (show) [See Appearance]; mirror, lens (instrument) [See Optical Instruments].
Vision synonyms
VISION, sight, optics, eyesight.\n VIEW, look, espial, glance, ken, coup d’œil [F.]; glimpse, glint, peep, peek; gaze, stare, leer; perlustration [rare], contemplation; conspection [obs.], conspectuity [obs.]; regard, survey; inspection, introspection; reconnoissance, reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage [F.]; autopsy; ocular -inspection, - demonstration; sight-seeing, globe-trotting [colloq.].\n VIEWPOINT, standpoint, point of view; gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watch-tower.\n short sight [See Dim-sightedness]; clear -, sharp -, quick -, eagle -, piercing -, penetrating- -sight, - glance, - eye; perspicacity, discernment; catopsis.\n [COMPARISON] eagle, hawk; cat, lynx, weasel; Argus.\n [OPTICAL DEVICES] spectacles, eye-glass, lorgnette, monocle, reading glass, field glass, opera glass; telescope [See Optical Instruments]; microscope, periscope.