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| {{Short description|Surface that protects the eyes}} | |||
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| ⚫ | A '''visor''' is a surface that ], such as shading them from the sun or other bright light or protecting them from objects. |
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| ⚫ | ], wearing a helmet with visor, during the second moonwalk EVA near Sharp Crater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.html |title=Apollo 12 Image Library |publisher=History.nasa.gov |access-date=2013-11-26}}</ref>]] | ||
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| ⚫ | A '''visor''' (also spelled '''vizor''') is a surface that ], such as shading them from the sun or other bright light or protecting them from objects. | ||
| Nowadays many visors are transparent, but before strong transparent substances such as ] were invented, visors were opaque like a ]. | |||
| *] in a suit of armor that protects the eyes. | *] in a suit of armor that protects the eyes. | ||
| ⚫ | *A type of ] consisting only of a visor and a band as a way to fasten it around the head. | ||
| ⚫ | *Any such vertical surface on any hat or helmet. | ||
| ⚫ | *Any such horizontal surface on any hat or helmet (called a '']'' in ]). | ||
| ⚫ | *A device in an ] that the driver or front passenger can lower over part of the ] to block the sun (]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Definition of VISOR|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visor|access-date=2021-05-26|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en}}</ref> | ||
| *As ] costume, ] and his courtiers wore "visors of good proportion of ]".<ref>Richard P. Sylvester and Davis P. Harding, ''Two Earl Tudor Lives: Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey'' (Yale, 1962), p. 27.</ref> | |||
| == Modern era == | |||
| Some modern devices called visors are similar, for example: | Some modern devices called visors are similar, for example: | ||
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*] | ||
| Types of modern |
Types of modern transparent visors include: | ||
| *The transparent or semi-transparent front part of a ] or |
*The transparent or semi-transparent front part of a ] or ] (sometimes shaded/tinted) | ||
| * The transparent or semi-transparent, heavily shaded/tinted, front part of a ] | |||
| ⚫ | *A type of ] consisting only of a visor and a way to fasten it |
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| *Safety ]s used in construction, industry, or medical settings | |||
| ⚫ | *Any such vertical surface on any hat or helmet. | ||
| ⚫ | *An ] to protect the eyes from sunlight on an American football helmet | ||
| ⚫ | *Any such horizontal surface on any hat or helmet (called a ''peak'' in ]). | ||
| ⚫ | *A shield to protect the eyes from sunlight on a flight helmet or space suit | ||
| ⚫ | *A device in an ] that the driver or front passenger can lower over part of the ] to block the sun (]). | ||
| ⚫ | *]s, formerly worn by ] and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented occupation. | ||
| ⚫ | *An ] to protect the eyes from sunlight on an American football helmet |
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| ⚫ | *A shield to protect the eyes from sunlight on a flight helmet |
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| ⚫ | *]s, formerly worn by ] and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented |
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| ==See also== | |||
| The word '''vizard''' (sometimes '''visard''') is used in ] ] to refer to a visor, a ], or a ] (ex. "There, then, that vizard, that superfluous case, that hid the worse and show'd the better face." -- Love's Labors Lost V.ii.387). | |||
| * ], a type of mask worn by fashionable women in the 16th and 17th centuries | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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A visor (also spelled vizor) is a surface that protects the eyes, such as shading them from the sun or other bright light or protecting them from objects.
Nowadays many visors are transparent, but before strong transparent substances such as polycarbonate were invented, visors were opaque like a mask.
- The part of a helmet in a suit of armor that protects the eyes.
- A type of headgear consisting only of a visor and a band as a way to fasten it around the head.
- Any such vertical surface on any hat or helmet.
- Any such horizontal surface on any hat or helmet (called a peak in British English).
- A device in an automobile that the driver or front passenger can lower over part of the windshield to block the sun (sun visor).
- As masque costume, Henry VIII and his courtiers wore "visors of good proportion of physiognomy".
Modern era
Some modern devices called visors are similar, for example:
Types of modern transparent visors include:
- The transparent or semi-transparent front part of a motorcycle helmet or riot helmet (sometimes shaded/tinted)
- The transparent or semi-transparent, heavily shaded/tinted, front part of a welding mask
- Safety face shields used in construction, industry, or medical settings
- An eyeshield to protect the eyes from sunlight on an American football helmet
- A shield to protect the eyes from sunlight on a flight helmet or space suit
- Green eyeshades, formerly worn by accountants and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented occupation.
See also
- Visard, a type of mask worn by fashionable women in the 16th and 17th centuries
References
- "Apollo 12 Image Library". History.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- "Definition of VISOR". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- Richard P. Sylvester and Davis P. Harding, Two Earl Tudor Lives: Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey (Yale, 1962), p. 27.