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afterimage

noun

Etymology

From after- + image.

  1. derived from *h₂eym-✻
  2. derived from imāgō
  3. derived from image
  4. inherited from ymage
  5. formed as afterimage — “after- + image”

Definitions

  1. An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.

    • If the fixation is wavering, especially when receiving the horizontal afterimage with the centroscope a thin pointer is used by the child to touch the fixation spot.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for afterimage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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