English Explanatory Dictionary

Zöllner illusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An optical illusion in which parallel lines are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.

Word forms

Zöllner illusion Zöllner illusions Zoellner illusion

Etymology

Discovered by German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner.

Synonyms

Zöllner's lines
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