English Explanatory Dictionary

wagon-wheel effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation, sometimes caused by stroboscopic effects.

Word forms

wagon-wheel effect wagon-wheel effects
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