active photolocation

English

Noun

active photolocation (uncountable)

  1. (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

  • active echolocation
  • active lidar
  • active radar
  • active sonar

See also

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