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visual purple
visual purple
noun
- another name for rhodopsin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of visual purple1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
In the outer part of the rods the visual purple or rhodopsin is found.
From Project Gutenberg
Is the visual purple more active in monocular than in binocular vision, or what physiological activity is thereby taxed in increased degree?
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It only takes three or four quanta to stimulate the visual purple—a little more actually because of absorption by the eyeball itself.
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