Vision
Vision , noun
[Old English visioun, French vision, from Latin visio, from videre, visum, to see: akin to Greek {not transcribed} to see, {not transcribed} I know, and English wit. See Wit, v., and compare 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.
2.
(Physiology) 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. — Shakespeare
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.
No dreams, but visions strange.
5.
Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. — Locke
Collocations (7)
Arc of vision (Astronomy) , 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 (Theology) , the immediate sight of God in heaven.
Direct vision (Optics) , 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 (Optics) , 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 , transitive verb
To see in a vision; to dream.
For them no visioned terrors daunt,
Their nights no fancied specters haunt.