active photolocation
English
Noun
active photolocation (uncountable)
- (ichthyology) The use of light originating from the organism to illuminate the visual field to see into the field of vision.
Hyponyms
- diurnal active photolocation (the use daylight for phosphorescence, fluorescence, reflection, that then illuminates the visual field, for vision, instead-of/in-addition-to daylight itself illuminating the field of view)
Coordinate terms
- occular radiance
- occular spark
- bioluminescence
- phosphorescence
- fluorescence
- reflection
Related terms
- active echolocation
- active lidar
- active radar
- active sonar
See also
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