Category:Vision

Vi"sion, n. Etym: [oe. visioun, f. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, Visum, to see: akin to gr. wit. See wit, v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, envy, evident, provide, revise, survey, view, visage, Visit.]

1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight. Faith here is turned into vision there. Hammond.

2. (physiol.)

Defn: the faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which Colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated As a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive Retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.

3. That which is seen; an object of sight. Shak.

4. Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary Sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary Sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah. The baseless fabric of this vision. Shak. No dreams, but visions strange. Sir p. Sidney.

5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. Locke. Arc of vision (astron.), the arc which measures the least distance From the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or Planet emerging from his rays becomes visible. -- beatific vision (theol.), the immediate sight of god in heaven. -- direct vision (opt.), vision when the image of the object falls Directly on the yellow spot (see under yellow); also, vision by means Of rays which are not deviated from their original direction. -- field of vision, field of view. See under field. -- indirect vision (opt.), vision when the rays of light from an Object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina. -- reflected vision, or refracted vision, vision by rays reflected From mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively. -- vision purple. (physiol.) See visual purple, under visual.

Vision Vi"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Visioning.]

Defn: to see in a vision; to dream. For them no visioned terrors daunt, their nights no fancied specters Haunt. Sir w. Scott.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Vision - (Luke 1:22), a vivid apparition, not a dream (compare Luke 24:23; Acts 26:19; 2 Corinthians 12:1).