| separable | Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. Sep"arableness, Sep"arably, "Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold." (Boyle) Origin: L. Separabilis: cf. F. Separable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| absolute intensity threshold acuity | The minimal light that can be seen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acuity | <ophthalmology> The clarity or clearness, especially of the vision or hearing. Origin: L. Acuitas = sharpness (18 Nov 1997) |
| Vernier acuity | The detection of displacement of a portion of a line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visibility acuity | The recognition of an object on a background of different character. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visual acuity | <microscopy> The ability to detect fine details or small distances with the eye. Visual acuity can vary substantially depending on the definition used and method of measurement chosen. Under favourable conditions, the resolution of the human eye or ability to distinguish the twoness of adjoining lines, is about I minute of arc while the threshold delectability, or the detection of misaligned steps in a line (which is also a form of visual acuity), can be as low as a fraction of a second of arc. (05 Aug 1998) |
| resolution acuity | The detection of a target having two or more parts, often measured by using the Snellen test types; indicated by two numbers: the first represents the distance at which an individual sees the test types (usually 6 meters or 20 feet), and the second, the distance at which the test types subtend an angle of 5 minutes; e.g., vision of 6/9 indicates a test distance of 6 meters and recognition of symbols which subtend an angle of 5 minutes at a distance of 9 meters. Synonym: visual acuity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spatial acuity | The detection of the shape of a test object; e.g., perceiving polygons of the same size but with different numbers of sides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stereoscopic acuity | The detection of differences in distance by superimposition of slightly different retinal images into a single image to the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minimal | Smallest or least, the smallest possible. Origin: L. Minimus = least (18 Nov 1997) |
| minimal air | The volume of gas that remains in the lungs and cannot be expelled after they have been removed from the body, or after the chest has been opened. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minimal alveolar concentration | The end-alveolar concentration of an inhalation anaesthetic which prevents somatic response to a painful stimulus in 50% of individuals; an index of relative potency of inhalation anaesthetics. Synonym: minimal anaesthetic concentration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minimal amplitude nystagmus | Nystagmus of so small an amplitude that it is not detected by the usual clinical tests. Synonym: minimal amplitude nystagmus. Origin: micro-+ G. Nystagmos, a nodding (05 Mar 2000) |
| minimal anaesthetic concentration | The end-alveolar concentration of an inhalation anaesthetic which prevents somatic response to a painful stimulus in 50% of individuals; an index of relative potency of inhalation anaesthetics. Synonym: minimal anaesthetic concentration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| minimal brain dysfunction | An inability to control behaviour due to difficulty in processing neural stimuli. (12 Dec 1998) |