visual signal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvisualandsignal
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visual
adjective
uk/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl/us/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl/
relating ...
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signal
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/us/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/
an action, movement, or sound that gives information, a message, a warning, or ...
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(Definition ofvisualandsignalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The high-pass characteristic that acts upon both it and thevisualsignalcould even be a property of the spike generating mechanism itself.
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Ganglion cells are the final output retinal neurons and collect thevisualsignalfrom photoreceptors via bipolar and amacrine cells.
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For instance, retinal dark discharge, which is the maintained discharge of retinal ganglion cells, constitutes the background noise from which thevisualsignalmust be discriminated.
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Since the maintained discharge of the cell is unrelated to any visual stimulus, it constitutes the background activity or "noise" level above which anyvisualsignalmust be detected.
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During this time, retinal progenitor cells divide and generate postmitotic cells that commit to different cell fates and differentiate to form necessary synaptic connections for propervisualsignalprocessing.
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The function of the horizontal cell network invisualsignaltransmission is determined by regulation of intrinsic cellular physiological properties as well as modulation of electrical and chemical synapses.
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Many insects can detect polarization of light, so it has been proposed that this feature may be used as avisualsignalbetween moths.
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Busy ports used avisualsignal, the dropping of a ball, to allow mariners to check the chronometers used for navigation.
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Most people are unable to initiate pursuit without a movingvisualsignal.
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The message needed to be relayed via avisualsignaland vibration.
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The adults use chest rubbing as avisualsignal, dragging branches along their chest slowly.
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As a large object, the crest has clear value as avisualsignal, and sets this animal apart from its contemporaries.
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When thevisualsignalis given to start the race, the driver triggers the delay box to begin timing (precisely counting down).
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To cause the kit of pigeons to come down, from their flight, either an acoustic signal, avisualsignalor a dropper pigeon is used.
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Connexin 36 is essential for transmission of rod-mediated visual signals in the mammalian retina.
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One of the most important of these claims was that the visual signals of hierarchy were blurred, that precedence could not be assured.
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Most importantly, these bipolar cell types form the basis for parallel processing of visual signals.
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