English Explanatory Dictionary

Hermann grid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An optical illusion where ghostly grey blobs are perceived at the intersections of a light-coloured grid on a black background.

Word forms

Hermann grid Hermann grids

Etymology

Named after German physiologist Ludimar Hermann (1870).

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