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OPTICAL ILLUSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("optical illusion" is a kind of...):
optical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon related to or involving light)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "optical illusion"):
apparent motion; apparent movement; motion; movement (an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object)
mirage (an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects)
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