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scotopic

a. (context of vision English) monochromatic, as used in near darkness, using the rod cells

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The rods, on the other hand, can be stimulated by much lower levels of light than the cones can and are therefore involved in scotopic (skoh-top'ik.

He has a double Purkinje shift with maximum scotopic vision occurring in both the yellow and the blue-violet ranges.