blink

(redirected from blinks)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Idioms, Wikipedia.
Related to blinks: Brinks

blink

[bliŋk]
(mechanics)
A unit of time equal to 10-5 day or to 0.864 second.
(meteorology)
A brightening of the base of a cloud layer, caused by the reflection of light from a snow- or ice-covered surface.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
In this time the patient should be instructed to not blink and to keep both eyes wide open.
Under normal circumstances, all humans are functionally blind for about 10% of the time due to eye blinks and saccades, a rapid movement of the eye between two points or objects.
Blinks are pave-set luxury crystals with a fashionable design theme.
She recalled: "My dad asked me to blink if I could hear him.
WHY do we blink? - Ian Hearn, Troedyraur, Ceredigion
(15-17) D1 and D2 agonists and antagonists, which can selectively enhance and block central dopaminergic activity, (18-20) have been shown to increase and decrease the blink rate, respectively.
After the accident, Ashleigh's only way of communicating was through blinking, one blink for "no", two blinks for "yes" and a series of blinks for other things.
TV VIEWERS time their blinks so they do not miss any screen action, scientists have found.
They monitored the eye blinks of volunteers as they watched a clip of a silent comedy with a strong narrative, or a movie of an aquarium with no narrative, or listened to an audio book with a narrative, but not a visual one.

Encyclopedia browser ?
Full browser ?