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night vision

NOUN
dark adaptation
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If you're using a phone app to locate planets, enable the red light feature, because "the red light won't affect your night vision as much as a bright white light would."

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Soldiers zip around in light, maneuverable vehicles out of a Mad Max movie that one military official called the biggest game-changer since night vision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Pilots rely on night vision goggles and, as has been the case during much of the Palisades and Eaton fires, light from the full moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

Instead, I found myself constantly trying to take pictures, and ruining my night vision in the process, just to see what was happening.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

Her night vision gradually returned, and she scanned the horizon.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld