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a luminous impression caused by excitation of the retina by mechanical or electrical means rather than by light, as when the eyeballs are pressed through closed lids

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Usage examples (9)
  • Where the new girl had been there was nothing but a twist of phosphene, peanut-inflected; a stirring of empty air.
  • The patient is instructed not to move his eyes to look directly at the phosphene patterns that are generated during mapping, as eye movement will skew the results,...
  • Using genetic engineering, the Pernese bred the fire-lizards into huge "dragons" that, by chewing a phosphene-bearing rock, could breathe fire on Thread, charring it...
  • Or maybe it's just a phosphene and not a star at all.
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