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How to pronounce afterimage in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms aftersensation
Type of memory image
Has types aftertaste

Examples of afterimage

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I was happy to note there was no afterimage when I turned the set back on.
From the businessweek.com
However, the afterimage shapes were not in the bleached shapes.
From the sciencedaily.com
The observers were asked to indicate which of seven shapes, on a piece of paper, the afterimage most resembled.
From the sciencedaily.com
I remember those big eyes going narrow just before she vanished, an afterimage like the pop of Bunky's flash.
From the theatlantic.com
Their optical effects can register as subtle chromatic vibrations, or they can be bold enough to produce an afterimage.
From the nytimes.com
The result was an afterimage, in which the white areas of the original had turned black and the black areas white.
From the time.com
Within several seconds, as the photoreceptor cells readjusted to their normal state, the afterimage faded away.
From the time.com
On the morning of June 2, 2003, Meyer woke up with the fading afterimage of a vision in her head, of a young woman and a vampire, talking, in a meadow.
From the time.com
Over time, a static image or text would burn itself into the screen, leaving a ghost-like afterimage that could degrade picture quality.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • An image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
  • An afterimage or ghost image is an optical illusion that refers to an image continuing to appear in one's vision after the exposure to the original image has ceased. ...
  • Afterimage was a Filipino Alternative Rock / pop rock band who was active in the 1990s. The group disbanded after 11 years and made three studio albums. After disbanding, Wency Cornejo, the band vocalist, pursued a solo career. ...
  • Afterimage is a crime novel by the American writer Kathleen George set in contemporary Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Afterimage is a computer graphics effect used by computer games. The effect takes the bright parts of a rendered image of the scene, and then fades in a motion blur style fashion as the scene progresses. The result is that bright areas leave a fading trail when the camera is moving. ...
  • Afterimage is the second track from Rush's 1984 album Grace Under Pressure. The track was dedicated to Robbie Whelan, a friend of the band who worked as an assistant engineer on some of Rush's earlier albums, most notably Moving Pictures and Signals. ...
  • (afterimages) Misperceptions of colour or brightness and/or size and shape that occur at the retina. Unlike aftereffects, afterimages can be observed in the absence of an external stimulus (e.g., with eyes closed). Afterimages obey Emmert's law of afterimage size, aftereffects do not.
  • (afterimages) visual images that remain after removal of or looking away from the stimulus.
  • The visual impression that remains after the initial stimulus is removed. Staring at a single intense hue may cause the cones, or color receptors, of the eye to become so fatigued that they perceive only the complement of the original hue when it has been removed.