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Webster 1913 Edition


After-image

Aft′er-imˊage

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Noun.
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 2024


after-image

after-image

See also: afterimage

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Noun

after-image (plural after-images)

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

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