Meanings
plural afterimages · alternative after-image
- 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.
1966, American Orthoptic Journal - Volumes 16-20, page 351 more example
The first paper, "The hypnotic induction of hallucinatory color vision followed by pseudonegative afterimages," introduces an ingenious experimental paradigm whereby Erickson is able to explore the genuineness of hallucinatory color vision.
1980, Milton H. Erickson, Ernest Lawrence Rossi, The Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson on Hypnosis, page 1Synonyms: photogene
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
- Proto-Germanic*after
- Old Englishæfter
- Middle Englishafter
- Englishafter
- Old Englishæfter
- Old Englishæfter-
- Middle Englishafter-
- Englishafter-
- Englishimage
- Englishafterimage
Translations
Finnish jälkikuva
- jälkikuvaimage
Indonesian pascacitra
- pascacitraimage
Japanese 残像
- 残像 (zanzō)image
Spanish imagen residual, imagen remanente
- imagen residualimage
- imagen remanenteimage
Vietnamese dư ảnh
- dư ảnhimage
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
afterimage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterimage
“afterimage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterimage. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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