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light-adapted

  • a word derived from light adaptation.
    light adaptation
    noun
    the reflex adaptation of the eye to bright light, consisting of an increase in the number of functioning cones, accompanied by a decrease in the number of functioning rods (opposed to dark adaptation).

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Having become light-adapted, go back into a dimly lighted room, and see whether dark-adaptation takes more or less time than light-adaptation.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth

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