See Also: Young-Helmholtz(dictionary)
Young-Helmholtz theory of colour vision(medicine)
Helmholtz(dictionary)
Helmholtz, Hermann von(medicine)
Helmholtz energy(medicine)
anterior ligament of Helmholtz(medicine)
Helmholtz theory of accommodation(medicine)
Helmholtz-Gibbs theory(medicine)
Helmholtz theory of hearing(medicine)
Gibbs-Helmholtz equation(medicine)

Young-Helmholtz (iou)



Young-Helmholtz noun. L19.
[from Thomas Young (see YOUNG'S MODULUS) + H. L. F. von HELMHOLTZ.]
Used attrib. to designate the theory that in the eye there are receptors sensitive to one of three colours (red, green, and violet), and that colour perception is due to the stimulation of these in different proportions.