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Meaning of "phosphene" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHOSPHENE

From Greek phōs light + phainein to show.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PHOSPHENE

phosphene  [ˈfɒsfiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHOSPHENE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phosphene is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHOSPHENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phosphene

A phosphene is a phenomenon characterized by the experience of seeing light without light actually entering the eye. The word phosphene comes from the Greek words phos and phainein. Phosphenes that are induced by movement or sound are often associated with optic neuritis. Phosphenes can be directly induced by mechanical, electrical, or magnetic stimulation of the retina or visual cortex as well as by random firing of cells in the visual system. Phosphenes have also been reported by meditators; people who go for long periods without visual stimulation; or those who are using psychedelic drugs.

Definition of phosphene in the English dictionary

The definition of phosphene in the dictionary is the sensation of light caused by pressure on the eyelid of a closed eye or by other mechanical or electrical interference with the visual system.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHOSPHENE


buprenorphine
bjuːˈprɛnɔːfiːn
caffein
ˈkæfiːn
caffeine
ˈkæfiːn
clomiphene
ˈkləʊmɪˌfiːn
dauphine
ˈdɔːfiːn
feen
fiːn
graphene
ˈɡræfiːn
Josephine
ˈdʒəʊzəˌfiːn
morphine
ˈmɔːfiːn
olefin
ˈəʊlɪˌfiːn
paraffine
ˈpærəˌfiːn
phene
fiːn
phosphine
ˈfɒsfiːn
polyolefin
ˌpɒlɪˈəʊlɪˌfiːn
seraphine
ˈserəˌfiːn
sphene
sfiːn
thiophene
ˈθaɪəʊˌfiːn
toxaphene
ˈtɒksəˌfiːn
trephine
trɪˈfiːn
zygosphene
ˈzaɪɡəʊˌsfiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHOSPHENE

phosphatidyl
phosphatidylcholine
phosphatidylethanolamine
phosphatidylserine
phosphatisation
phosphatise
phosphatization
phosphatize
phosphaturia
phosphaturic
phosphide
phosphine
phosphite
phosphocreatin
phosphocreatine
phosphokinase
phospholipase
phospholipid
phosphonic
phosphonic acid

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHOSPHENE

achene
Asantehene
Athene
coryphene
disthene
ethene
hexachlorophene
hypersthene
menthene
naphthene
perchloroethene
polyethene
polythene
propoxyphene
tetrafluoroethene
xanthene

Synonyms and antonyms of phosphene in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phosphene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHOSPHENE

Find out the translation of phosphene to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phosphene from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phosphene» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

幻视
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fosfeno
570 millions of speakers

English

phosphene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Phosphene
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بصة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фосфен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

phosphene
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phosphene
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phosphène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phosphene
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Phosphens
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

眼内閃光
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phosphene
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phosphene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phosphene
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phosphene
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिस्पीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

phosphene
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fosfene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phosphene
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фосфен
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fosfenă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωσφώνιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phosphene
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phosphene
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Phosphene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phosphene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOSPHENE»

The term «phosphene» is normally little used and occupies the 120.027 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOSPHENE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phosphene» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phosphene» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phosphene

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOSPHENE»

Discover the use of phosphene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phosphene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: ...
The platform includes the following set of psychophysical essays: Brightness sensitivity: a change in certain parameters of the waveform (mainly amplitude) will modify the perceived brightness of the evoked phosphene. A pair of phosphenes ...
Ana Fred, Joaquim Filipe, Hugo Gamboa, 2008
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Storied Stone: Indian Rock Art in the Black Hills Country
Phosphene Images in Rock Art Because phosphenes are essentially a consequence of eye and brain structure and chemistry, all people experience the same phosphene images. In translating these images to drawings or verbal descriptions, ...
Linea Sundstrom, 2004
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A Dictionary of Hallucinations
Also known as eye-movement phosphene. The term flick phosphene was introduced in or shortly before 1957 by the American ophthalmologist Bernard R. Nebel, who had observed the concomitant phenomenon in himself. The term is used to ...
Jan Dirk Blom, 2009
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Visual Prosthetics: Physiology, Bioengineering, Rehabilitation
Absolute phosphene mapping was performed using a method very similar to that described by Brindley and Lewin 30 years earlier. The chronically implanted subject was instructed to point to the location of the perceived phosphene in a ...
Gislin Dagnelie, 2011
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Handbook of Neural Engineering
Note that here the sizes of high-contrast phosphenes are modulated; a device may ultimately effect the modulation of phosphene intensity or perhaps even both size and intensity. With further research into electrode fabrication, implantation, ...
Metin Akay, 2007
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Ocular Motility Disorders—Advances in Research and ...
Prince. of. Wales. Hospital,. Hong. Kong: Measurement. of. Intraocular. Pressure. With. Pressure. Phosphene. Tonometry. in. Children. In this recent article published in the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, scientists in Hong ...
‎2012
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Neurotherapy: Progress in Restorative Neuroscience and Neurology
Therefore it is not surprising that the perceived position of a cortically induced phosphene is anchored to the fovea and thus a phosphene's position changes with eye movements (Brindley and Lewin, 1968a; Schmidt et al., 1996). This issue ...
Joost Verhaagen, Elly M. Hol, Inge Huitinga, 2009
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Shamanism in the Interdisciplinary Context
About halfway through the trajectory, the annulus appears to fill-in with a phosphene disk. (During the early years of phosphene induction, the color of the fill-disk was a brighter, more opaque green than the rest of the annulus, but after several ...
Art Leete, R. Paul Firnhaber, 2004
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Blindspots: The Many Ways We Cannot See
For some observers, the TMS pulse merely disrupts the conscious registration of the stimulus; for others it additionally produces what is known as a visual phosphene. You can experience a different version of a visual phosphene in the  ...
Bruno Breitmeyer, 2010
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Optometry: Science, Techniques and Clinical Management
The Proview (Bausch and Lomb Inc., Rochester, NY, USA) is a spring-loaded device which is pressed against the closed nasal eyelid until the patient visualizes a phenomenon described as a phosphene. It consists of a probe with a flat ...
Mark Rosenfield, Nicola Logan, Keith H. Edwards, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHOSPHENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phosphene is used in the context of the following news items.
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Photo Flash: Try and Tear Him Down! Taye Diggs Takes Over in …
... Bair/Phosphene (animation), James Calleri (casting), Tony and Grammy Award nominee Ethan Popp (music supervisor & music coordinator), ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
2
Why do patterns and colours appear when we close our eyes?
When a reconstructed image does not make sense, the brain will quickly label the image as a phosphene. Even in the absence of photons, the ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
Smoke inhalation from cooking fires a deadly, overlooked killer
The medical community got serious about smoke's effects during the world wars, when poisonous gases — including phosphene, a component ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
4
This is scary for me to share, but maybe, hopefully, it will help you
Later on I would discover that this is an actual biological phenomenon called “phosphene” related to how our eyes and brain work, but back ... «VentureBeat, Jun 15»
5
Australian Review: Verdun - Antithesis to the Modern Shooter
Every player spawns with a gas mask that must be used if the enemy deploys phosphene gas - this might be the scariest part of Verdun. «CyberShack, Jun 15»
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2015 New Music Seminar: Platform For Platinum
Some acts on the nightly schedule include SPZRKT, City Of The Sun, XNY, Phosphene, TWICEYOUNG, HIGHS, Lilly Wolf, and Dinner And A ... «Aquarian Weekly, Jun 15»
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John Cameron Mitchell: 'We're Definitely' Bringing HEDWIG to the …
... (sound design),Benjamin Pearcy for 59 Productions (projection design), John Bair/Phosphene (animation), James Calleri (casting), Tony and ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
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Taye Diggs Begins Performances Tonight in 'Hedwig and the Angry …
... Bair/Phosphene (animation), James Calleri (casting), Tony and Grammy Award nominee Ethan Popp (music supervisor & music coordinator), ... «Indie Wire, May 15»
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Taye Diggs Returns To Broadway
... Bair/Phosphene (animation), James Calleri (casting), Tony and Grammy Award nominee Ethan Popp (music supervisor & music coordinator), ... «charlestonchronicle.net, May 15»
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Breaking News: Taye Diggs Will Return to the Stage as Broadway's …
... Bair/Phosphene (animation), James Calleri (casting), Tony and Grammy Award nominee Ethan Popp (music supervisor & music coordinator), ... «Broadway World, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Phosphene [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/phosphene>. Apr 2024 ».
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