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vision (iou) and numismatics (medicine)


vision (iou)



vision noun & verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin visio(n-) sight, thing seen, formed as VISILE: see -ION.]
A. noun.
a. A person who or thing which is apparently perceived otherwise than by ordinary sight; esp. an apparition of a prophetic, revelational, or supernatural Nature presented to the mind in sleep or in a state of heightened spiritual or emotional awareness. ME.
BEATIFIC vision.
Milton Prophetic Anna, warn'd By Vision, found thee in the Temple. Opera Now A..shepherd, revealed there in a vision as the incarnation of..Dionysus.
b. A distinct or vivid mental image or concept, esp. an attractive or fantastic one; an excursion into the imagination. Freq. in pl. L16.
vision splendid the dream of some glorious imagined time.
G. Boycott Antigua is..every Englishman's vision of paradise. National Trust Magazine I had romantic visions of myself as a drystone waller, indomitable against the elements.
c. A person or thing seen in a dream or trance. E17.
Sir W. Scott Thou, for so the Vision said, Must in thy Lord's repentance aid.
d. A person or thing of exceptional Beauty. E19.
Oxford Times Among all those man mountains..runs a vision of grace and loveliness.
Perception or contemplation of an imaginative or spiritual Nature; imaginative or mystical insight or foresight. LME.
F. W. Farrar The divine vision of a Peter, and the inspired eloquence of a Paul. C. Isherwood With a flash of vision, I saw myself ten years hence.
b. Ability to plan or form policy in a far-sighted way, esp. in Politics; sound political foresight. E20.
A. J. P. Taylor Truman..had none of Roosevelt's vision as international leader.
The action or faculty of seeing with the eye; visual perception; sight. LME.
double vision: see DOUBLE adjective & adverb. field of vision: see FIELD noun 13. line of vision the straight line along which an observer looks. red vision: see RED adjective. tubular vision: see TUBULAR adjective 2b.
E. Figes Her eyes so..dazzled by the sunlight that she saw spots swimming across her vision. Practical Health Throbbing pain in the eye with some disturbance of vision could be glaucoma.
b. An instance of seeing; a look. rare. M19.
A thing actually seen; an object of sight. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
The visual component of a Television broadcast; Television images collectively; the transmission or reproduction of such images. Also, the signal corresponding to these images. E20.
G. Freeman The sound came on a full minute before the vision.
Comb.: vision-mixer a person whose job is to switch from one camera, image, section of videotape, etc., to another in Television broadcasting or recording; vision quest N. Amer. the attempt to achieve a vision traditionally undertaken by mature men of the Plains Indian peoples, usu. through fasting or self-torture.
b. verb trans.
Show (as) in a vision; present to the eye or mind; rare call up a vision of. L16.
See (as) in a vision; envisage, imagine. L18.
I. L. Idriess The boy stood staring.., his mind visioning the story as told..at the campfire.
visioned adjective (a) seen in a vision; (b) associated with or arising from a vision or visions; (c) gifted with the power of seeing visions: E16.
visioner noun a person who has visions; a visionary: E18.
visioning noun the action of seeing visions; an instance of this: M19.
visionist noun (a) a visionary; (b) Christian Theology a supporter of the view that the biblical account of creation was revealed to the writer in a vision or series of visions: M17.
visionless adjective (a) sightless, blind; (b) lacking the ability to see visions; devoid of higher insight or imagination: E19.

numismatics (medicine)


numismatics
Study of coins, tokens, medals, etc. However, it usually refers to medals pertaining to the history of medicine.