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Definition of Afterimage
1. Noun. An image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased.
Definition of Afterimage
1. n. The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
Definition of Afterimage
1. Noun. An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Afterimage
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Afterimage
1. Continuation of visual impression after cessation of stimuli causing the original image. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterimage
Literary usage of Afterimage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Photoplay: A Psychological Study by Hugo Münsterberg (1916)
"We speak of this effect as a positive afterimage, because it is a real continuation
of the first impression and stands in contrast to the so-called negative ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1922)
"A brief explanation of the term "afterimage" was given to the Os. (a) Small red,
green, yellow and blue squares of paper about 4x4 in. were fastened on gray ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"A blow on the head may cause the afterimage to become less intense or to cease
entirely. Electrical stimulation of the eye and optic nerve will change the ..."
4. Psychology: An Introductory Study of the Structure and Function of Human by James Rowland Angell (1904)
"... object appears black in the afterimage, and vice versa. They also convert all
spectral colours and their compounds into their several complementaries. ..."
5. On After-images by Shepherd Ivory Franz (1899)
"The usually low intensity of light in conjunction with a short time of stimulation
does not produce an afterimage that can be consciously noted. ..."
6. Alhacen's Theory of Visual Perception: A Critical Edition, with English by Alhazen, A. Mark Smith (2001)
"4This example shows that an inordinately intense light-effect can create a briefly
lasting impression in the eye in the form of an afterimage, ..."
7. Psychology: General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1907)
"So long as primary experience and after-image are of the same quality, the observer
is said to have a positive afterimage. ..."
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