afterimage

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10

Definition of afterimage

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
    “If the fixation is wavering, especially when receiving the horizontal afterimage with the centroscope a thin pointer is used by the child to touch the fixation spot.”
    “The first paper, "The hypnotic induction of hallucinatory color vision followed by pseudonegative afterimages," introduces an ingenious experimental paradigm whereby Erickson is able to explore the genuineness of hallucinatory color vision.”

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Etymology

From after- + image.

Words you can make from afterimage

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8-letter words

2 words

7-letter words

17 words

6-letter words

35 words

5-letter words

77 words

4-letter words

68 words

Hooks

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