after-image

A form of afterimage — An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.

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Meanings

nounafter-image (plural after-images)

plural after-images

  1. alternativeAlternative form of afterimage.

    The flutter and the after-image are clearest in approximately the same regions of the field.

    1909, Psychological Monographs, American Psychological Association, page 78
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