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Arago phenomenon

Arago phenomenon

the impaired sensitivity to light that exists in the center of the visual field under poor light conditions. It is presumably caused by the absence of retinal rods in the fovea centralis. See scotopic vision. [Dominique Arago (1786–1853), French physicist]

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