conspection
Observation with understanding.
uncountable
Because in the Conspection of Objects remote, the Pupil of the Eye is expanded circularly, for the admission of more Rays, and the Chrystalline Humour somewhat retracted toward the Retina Tunica, for the Determination of the Point of Concurse in the same, which otherwise would be somewhat too remote: and on the contrary, in the Conspection of Objects vicine, the Pupil is contracted circularly, and the Chrystalline Lense protruded somewhat outwardly, for the contrary respects.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin cōnspectiō, from cōnspiciō (“to notice, gaze at”).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry conspection (CC BY-SA 4.0).