VISIONING

Verb

visioning

present participle of vision

Noun

visioning (plural visionings)

The act by which something is envisioned.

Source: Wiktionary

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VISION

Vi"sion, n. Etym: [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr. wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage, Visit.]

1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight. Faith here is turned into vision there. Hammond.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.

3. That which is seen; an object of sight. Shak.

4. Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah. The baseless fabric of this vision. Shak. No dreams, but visions strange. Sir P. Sidney.

5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. Locke. Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least distance from the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or planet emerging from his rays becomes visible.

– Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in heaven.

– Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object falls directly on the yellow spot (see under Yellow); also, vision by means of rays which are not deviated from their original direction.

– Field of vision, field of view. See under Field.

– Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from an object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina.

– Reflected vision, or Refracted vision, vision by rays reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively.

– Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under Visual.

Vi"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Visioning.]

Definition: To see in a vision; to dream. For them no visioned terrors daunt, Their nights no fancied specters haunt. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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