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Definition of Optical illusion

1. Noun. An optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression.

Definition of Optical illusion

1. Noun. An image that is visually deceptive or misleading. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Optical Illusion

Literary usage of Optical illusion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power in Nations to by Norman Angell (1911)
"... accomplish— What an English victory could and could not accomplish —The optical illusion of conquest—There can be no transfer of wealth—The prosperity ..."

2. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National by Norman Angell (1913)
"... accomplish —The optical illusion of conquest—There can be no transfer of wealth—The prosperity of the little States in Europe— German Three per Cents, ..."

3. Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1841)
"As we were descending the pass, we saw upon the water before us another optical illusion, which may serve to explain the supposed appearance of islands in ..."

4. Outlines of Psychology: Based Upon the Results of Experimental Investigation by Oswald Külpe, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"Nothing more need be implied in the expression 'optical illusion' than that there is a ... Hence the current view that optical illusion is referable to one ..."

5. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1854)
"The luminous train which follows them not an optical illusion.—4. Hypotheses to explain them.—5. Heights, directions, and velocity of shooting-stars, ..."

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