(v. t.) The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.
(v. t.) The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
(v. t.) The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.
(v. t.) A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
(v. t.) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
(v. t.) Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.
(v. t.) Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.
(v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.
(v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.
(v. t.) In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.
(v. t.) A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.
(v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.
(v. t.) To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.
(v. t.) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.
(v. i.) To take aim by a sight.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
(2) Wimbledon said the world No1 Williams had been suffering from a viral illness and it was a sad and bizarre end to the American’s tournament, not to mention a worrying sight, seeing her hardly able to play.
(3) In the midst of all the newspaper headlines and vigils you can sometimes lose sight of the man who was on death row.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Imogen and her father, John Hull, before he lost his sight.
(5) Their physical condition and performance was found to be comparable with that of normal sighted children.
(6) "At first sight, today's announcement of an independent commissioner is a missed opportunity to strengthen our co-ordinated approach to addressing these very serious matters.
(7) He saw a soldier aim his weapon’s laser sight at the al-Atrashes’ Volkswagen “like he was preparing to shoot”.
(8) Many Iranian women are already pushing the boundaries , and observers in Tehran say women who drive with their headscarves resting on their shoulders are becoming a familiar sight.
(9) The home fans were lifted by the sight of Billy Bonds, a legend in these parts, being presented with a lifetime achievement award before the kick-off and the former West Ham captain and manager probably would have enjoyed playing in Allardyce's combative midfield.
(10) This results from a lack of knowledge of what could be done to conserve sight, the irreversible nature of many eye diseases, the distances involved in travelling to the clinic, and even a lack of knowledge of its existence.
(11) However, this operation may not be as sight effective as many believe.
(12) The results of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in 16 blind and 120 sighted eyes (136 patients) are presented.
(13) It is now a well-known fact that the human body is able to use luminous stimulation for aims other than sight; the pineal gland, though no longer directly sensitive to light as in lower animals, is nevertheless the fulcrum of a complex neuro-endocrine system which makes an interaction between light and the human body possible by means of the production of a number of substances of which melatonin is the most widely investigated.
(14) Senior government sources have confirmed the budget razor gang has the fuel tax credit (formerly known as the diesel fuel rebate) “firmly in its sights” – a scheme that rebates miners and farmers and others for the off-road use of diesel.
(15) The National Society to Prevent Blindness, formed in 1908, is the oldest voluntary agency with the singular mission to preserve sight and prevent blindness through a broad program of public and professional education, industrial and community services, and research.
(16) Inside the Islamic State ‘capital’: no end in sight to its grim rule Read more The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia and an alliance of rebels known as the “Euphrates Volcano” – backed US-led coalition air strikes – have seized swaths of territory from Isis, including the strategic border town of Tal Abyad .
(17) When vertically divergent eye movements occur, both eyes also systematically rotate in parallel around their lines of sight (conjugate cyclotorsion).
(18) The Greek finance ministry's financial crimes unit conducted the raids, and says it has many other groups in its sights.
(19) The incumbent mayor has set his sights on stronger powers over the London economy as he seeks re-election for a second term on 3 May.
(20) The classical age-related problems of poor hearing, poor sight and difficulty in chewing were also prevalent among these elderly.
Visual
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.
(a.) That can be seen; visible.
Example Sentences:
(1) The optimal size for stimulation was between 5 degrees and 12 degrees (visual angle).
(2) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
(3) Immunocytochemistry was used to visualize cytoskeletal structures and to assay selective disruption of neurofilaments by acrylamide.
(4) Only the approximately 2.7 kb mRNA species was visualized in Northern blots of total cellular and poly(A+) RNA isolated from cardiac ventricular muscle.
(5) During the chronic phase, pain was assessed using visual analogue scales at 8 AM and 4 PM daily.
(6) The high incidence of infant astigmatism has implications for critical periods in human visual development and for infant acuity.
(7) By means of two monoclonal antibodies, which were directed against external and internal acetylcholine (ACh) receptor epitopes, we were able to visualize ACh-receptors on OHCs.
(8) Long term follow up of extracapsular extraction showed visual results superior to those previously reported for intracapsular extraction.
(9) They were visualized by indirect immunoperoxidase techniques.
(10) We have now started a prospective follow-up study in order to pursue the development of (a) p-ERG amplitudes and (b) funduscopic changes and visual acuity in these patients.
(11) Lysates of lymphoblastoid cells provided the antigen source which were visualized by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
(12) At this threshold there was no effect on reducing the rate of visual acuity overreferrals, but ten children with abnormal binocular vision were detected who were not referred by visual acuity criteria.
(13) It is commonly assumed that the visual resolution limit must be equal to or less than the Nyquist frequency of the cone mosaic.
(14) Degraded visual acuity had a significant effect on cadence, foot placement, and foot clearance, but visual surround conditions did not.
(15) On the initial visit, the best corrected acuity with spectacles was determined and a potential acuity meter reading was obtained; this test suggested potential for visual recovery in two of the three patients.
(16) Assessments were made daily by patients, using visual analogue scales, of their pain levels at rest, at night and on activity, and of the limitation of their activity.
(17) II, the visual and auditory stimuli were exposed conversely over the habituation- (either stimulus) and the test-periods (both stimuli).
(18) Most survivors reported a range of problems that they attributed to having had cancer: 35%, proven or perceived infertility; 24%, sexual problems; 31%, health and life insurance problems; 26%, a negative socioeconomic effect; and 51%, conditioned nausea, associated with visual or olfactory reminders of chemotherapy.
(19) If it works anyone can do this exactly as we have done.” The sudden release follows weeks of visual clues left on the Radiohead frontman’s Twitter and Tumblr.
(20) The embryo stages were assessed visually and some were investigated histologically.