LAW OF CONTINUATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction

Synonyms:

continuation; good continuation; law of continuation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("law of continuation" is a kind of...):

Gestalt law of organization; Gestalt principle of organization (a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization)