English Explanatory Dictionary

waterfall effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A visual illusion (a motion aftereffect), where a stationary scene appears to move in the opposite direction to a previously observed, continuously moving stimulus, similar to a waterfall.

Word forms

waterfall effect waterfall effects

Synonyms

waterfall illusion
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