LISTING'S LAW
\lˈɪstɪŋz lˈɔː], \lˈɪstɪŋz lˈɔː], \l_ˈɪ_s_t_ɪ_ŋ_z l_ˈɔː]\
Definitions of LISTING'S LAW
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when the eyeball is moved from a resting position, the rotational angle in the second position is the same as if the eye were turned about a fixed axis perpendicular to the first and second positions of the visual line.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The l. that "if, with normal eyes and parallel visual lines, the visual line passes from the primary position into any other position, the rotatory movement of the eyeball in this secondary position is of such a kind as if it (the eyeball) had been turned round a fixed axis, lying perpendicular to the first and second direction of the visual line."
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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