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Surface that protects the eyes
Apollo 12 astronaut
Alan Bean , wearing a helmet with visor, during the second moonwalk EVA near Sharp Crater.
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Sports visor designed in Seoul, South Korea
An Arai GP5 racing drivers helmet tinted visor
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 ).
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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
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