photoreception

[ foh-toh-ri-sep-shuhn ]

noun

1. the physiological perception of light.

Other Words From

• photo·re·ceptive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of photoreception¹

First recorded in 1905–10; photo- + reception

Example Sentences

“There’s a growing understanding that the ability to see without eyes or eye-like structures, called extraocular photoreception, is more widespread than we thought,” says Julia Sigwart, an evolutionary biologist at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, and a study co-author.

From Scientific American

“There’s a growing understanding that the ability to see without eyes or eye-like structures, called extraocular photoreception, is more widespread than we thought,” says Julia Sigwart, an evolutionary biologist at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, and a study co-author.

From Nature

Vision is an advanced form of photoreception — that is, light sensing.

From Salon

But we also experience other more rudimentary forms of photoreception in our daily lives.

From Salon

Vision is an advanced form of photoreception – that is, light sensing.

From Scientific American