hybrid image

noun

An optical illusion that combines the low spatial frequencies of one picture with the high spatial frequencies of another, and is perceived in one of two ways depending on viewing distance.

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Meanings

nounhybrid image (plural hybrid images)

plural hybrid images

  1. An optical illusion that combines the low spatial frequencies of one picture with the high spatial frequencies of another, and is perceived in one of two ways depending on viewing distance.
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