Usually means: Adjusting vision to low light.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word dark adaptation:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. dark adaptation: Merriam-Webster
  2. dark adaptation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dark adaptation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dark adaptation: Vocabulary.com
  5. dark adaptation: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. dark adaptation: Dictionary.com
  7. Dark adaptation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. dark adaptation: Rhymezone
  9. dark adaptation: FreeDictionary.org
  10. dark adaptation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. dark adaptation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dark adaptation: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dark adaptation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. dark adaptation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Dark Adaptation: Visionary
  6. dark adaptation: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Visionary, for the Study of Vision (No longer online)
  2. DARK ADAPTATION: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dark adaptation: Lighting Design Glossary
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

(Note: See dark-adapted as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (dark adaptation)

noun:  the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours


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