afterimage

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English - English
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended
The tendency of the human eye to see a hue after looking for several minutes at its complementary hue
an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
is a perceptual phenomenon caused by our eye/brain system that produces the awareness of the light complement (as opposed to pigment complement) in response to viewing an intense pigment Afterimages are perceived responses they cannot be photographed, i e if an intense primary red hue is stared at for a few seconds, a resulting blue-green, or cyan, will be the afterimage This is seen by looking away from the red; this is known as successive contrast
continued visual perception after the source of the image has been removed
A sensation of seing an object that is no longer in your sight Also called aftersensation, aftervision
The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc
{i} visual image which remains after the actual stimulus has ceased
An afterimage
photogene
afterimages
plural of afterimage
Turkish - English
afterimage
afterimage

    Hyphenation

    af·ter·im·age

    Turkish pronunciation

    äftırîmîc

    Synonyms

    photogene

    Pronunciation

    /ˈaftərˌəməʤ/ /ˈæftɜrˌɪmɪʤ/

    Etymology

    () after + image
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