Usage Note
Sehsinn denotes the faculty of vision. Regularly paired with other senses in biology education: Sehsinn, Hörsinn, Tastsinn. More pedagogical than clinical; Sehvermögen is the clinical term for visual acuity.
Examples
"Katzen haben einen viel schärferen Sehsinn in der Dunkelheit als Menschen."
Natural Translation
Cats have a much sharper sense of sight in the dark than humans.
Literal Translation
Cats have a much sharper seeing-sense in the dark than humans.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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