Definition of Photics. Meaning of Photics. Synonyms of Photics

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Definition of Photics

Photics
Photics Pho"tics, n. (Physics) The science of light; -- a general term sometimes employed when optics is restricted to light as a producing vision. --Knight.
Photic
Photic Pho"tic, a. [Gr. fw^s, fwto`s, light.] (Physiol.) Relating to the production of light by the lower animals.

Meaning of Photics from wikipedia

- The photic zone (or euphotic zone, epipelagic zone, or sunlight zone) is the uppermost layer of a body of water that receives sunlight, allowing phytoplankton...
- The photic sneeze reflex (also known as ACHOO syndrome, a contrived acronym for Autosomal-dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst) is an inherited...
- Photic retinopathy is damage to the eye's retina, particularly the macula, from prolonged exposure to solar radiation or other bright light, e.g., lasers...
- Photic stimulation may refer to: Intermittent photic stimulation as diagnostic procedure Any stimulation involving photons This disambiguation page lists...
- In medicine, intermittent photic stimulation, or IPS, is a form of visual stimulation used in conjunction with electroencephalography to investigate anomalous...
- The Purkinje effect or Purkinje phenomenon (Czech: [ˈpurkɪɲɛ] ; sometimes called the Purkinje shift, often pronounced /pərˈkɪndʒi/) is the tendency for...
- courtships: steady glows, flashing, and the use of chemical signals unrelated to photic systems. Chemical signals, or pheromones, are the ancestral form of ****ual...
- less than 1 percent of sunlight penetrates. Above the aphotic zone is the photic zone, which consists of the euphotic zone and the disphotic zone. The euphotic...
- divided into zones based on depth and the amount of light present. The photic zone starts at the surface and is defined to be "the depth at which light...
- layer. Day length and insolation intensity also control the extent of the photic zone. Subsurface productivity is limited by nutrient availability, as the...