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night vision

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noun

ability to see at night or in a dim light.

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Examples from the Web for night vision

And night-vision photography would never have been deemed sexy.
Paris Hilton: End of an Era?|Tricia Romano|August 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Dusk is the time of least visibility to the eye and to night-vision sniper goggles, they said.
Life on the Syrian Border|Melik Kaylan|July 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The U.S. government has also provided Humvees and night-vision goggles as well as arms and ammunition to the Yemeni military.
Yemen Defends Itself|Ellen Knickmeyer|November 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The administration has provided Yemeni special-ops with gear ranging from Humvees and night-vision goggles to arms and ammunition.
The Next 9/11|Ellen Knickmeyer|September 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Dozens of performances were submitted, ranging from tangos to Lindy Hops to night-vision hula-hooping.
Dance Your Way to a Ph.D.|Randi Zuckerberg|December 4, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Had not the secret been revealed to him, as it was to Daniel, in a night-vision?
London's Heart|B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Isaac has a night-vision and Jacob a dream and a night meeting with a mysterious wrestler.
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Medicine definitions for night vision

night vision

n.

Vision occurring in dim light.

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