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Word: centralised (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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Sharp vision and color vision have two other common denominators. One is a highly sensitive dimplelike spot on the retina (the fovea centralis-literally, "central pit"), which acts as a magnifying device to spread the image over a greater number of visual cells. In this dimple, common to the vertebrates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Seeing Colors | 5/10/1943 | See Source »

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