: the quality of the images of celestial bodies observed telescopically
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Conjunction
seeing as we're already running late, there's no reason to waste any more time
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Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
This is something that people don’t appreciate enough: that seeing is closely coupled with interaction and doing things, both for animals as well as for AI agents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024
At least since Aristotle, many writers have posited a sensorial hierarchy: seeing and hearing are said to be the most salient to our minds and the easiest to verbalize, followed by taste, touch, and finally smell.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This seeing and not seeing — this knowing and not knowing — for me, is the essence of inhabiting Los Angeles.
—Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
According to Mark, a separate witness reported seeing and hearing the same thing from across the street.
—Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
This is something that people don’t appreciate enough: that seeing is closely coupled with interaction and doing things, both for animals as well as for AI agents.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024
At least since Aristotle, many writers have posited a sensorial hierarchy: seeing and hearing are said to be the most salient to our minds and the easiest to verbalize, followed by taste, touch, and finally smell.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This seeing and not seeing — this knowing and not knowing — for me, is the essence of inhabiting Los Angeles.
—Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Seeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seeing. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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