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The branch of science concerned with the properties of matter and energy and the relationships between them.

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illuminant point of an illuminant

Physics; Color science

The illuminant's location on the chromaticity diagram.

opsin

Physics; Color science

The protein component of a photopigment. Different opsins give rise to photopigments with different spectral absorption characteristics and consequently account for the ...

retinal

Physics; Color science

1) In or having to do with the retina; 2) The chromophore contained in human photopigments.

Pα cell

Physics; Color science

Ganglion cells, found in the primate retina, that are thought to be the origin of the magnocellular pathway. Also referred to as M cells, parasol cells, or A cells. They are ...

polarization

Physics; Color science

The spatial orientation of the electromagnetic waves that make up a beam of light. Light in which the spatial orientation of the waves is not random is said to be polarized. ...

microspectrophotometry

Physics; Color science

A technique for obtaining measurements of the spectral absorption of a single photoreceptor cell. It is especially useful as a means for investigating non-human color vision ...