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• optical illusion — optical illusions N COUNT An optical illusion is something that tricks your eyes so that what you think you see is different from what is really there. Sloping walls on the bulk of the building create an optical illusion …   English dictionary

• Optical illusion — This article is about visual perception. For the Time Requiem album, see Optical Illusion (album). An optical illusion. The square A is exactly the same shade of gray as square B. See checker shadow illusion. An optical illusion (also called a… …   Wikipedia

• illusion — illusioned, adj. /i looh zheuhn/, n. 1. something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality. 2. the state or condition of being deceived; misapprehension. 3. an instance of being deceived. 4. Psychol. a perception, as …   Universalium

• Illusion — An illusion is a distortion of the senses, revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. While illusions distort reality, they are generally shared by most people. [ Solso, R. L. (2001). Cognitive psychology (6th… …   Wikipedia

• illusion — n. 1) to create, produce an illusion 2) to cherish, harbor an illusion 3) to dispel an illusion 4) an optical illusion 5) an illusion about 6) an illusion to + inf. (it s an illusion to think that...) 7) an illusion that + clause (it is an… …   Combinatory dictionary

• illusion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dangerous ▪ To believe you have nothing more to learn is a dangerous illusion. ▪ optical, visual ▪ The road ahead looks wet, but in fact this is an optical illusion. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• illusion — il|lu|sion [ıˈlu:ʒən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin illusio, from illudere to make fun of , from ludere to play ] 1.) an idea or opinion that is wrong, especially about yourself →↑delusion illusion that ▪ They suffer from the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• illusion — 01. The idea that if you work hard enough, you re sure to succeed is an [illusion]. Lots of people work hard all their lives without really getting ahead. 02. Mirrors on the walls give the room the [illusion] of being much bigger than it really… …   Grammatical examples in English

• illusion —    Formerly known as illusio, fallacia, and idolum. The term illusion comes from the Latin verb illudere, which means to mock, to delude, to tempt. It is unknown when and by whom the term was introduced, but it has been in use since ancient times …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Müller-Lyer illusion — Two sets of arrows that exhibit the Müller Lyer optical illusion. The set on the bottom shows that all the arrows are of the same length. The Müller Lyer illusion is an optical illusion consisting of a stylized arrow. When viewers are asked to… …   Wikipedia

• Zöllner illusion — The Zöllner illusion is a classic optical illusion named after its discoverer, German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner. In 1860, Zöllner sent his discovery in a letter to physicist and scholar Johann Christian Poggendorff, editor of… …   Wikipedia