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Kanizsa triangle

noun

Etymology

Named after Gaetano Kanizsa.

Definitions

  1. An optical illusion in which a number of spatially separated fragments give the illusory…

    An optical illusion in which a number of spatially separated fragments give the illusory impression of the contours of a triangle.

    • It is called a Kanizsa triangle, after the Italian psychologist Gaetano Kanizsa, who created it in 1955.

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