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APPARENT MOVEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apparent movement mean? 

APPARENT MOVEMENT (noun)
  The noun APPARENT MOVEMENT has 1 sense:

1. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving objectplay

  Familiarity information: APPARENT MOVEMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


APPARENT MOVEMENT (noun)


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Meaning:

An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

apparent motion; apparent movement; motion; movement

Context example:

the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement

Hypernyms ("apparent movement" is a kind of...):

optical illusion (an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression)


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