Dictionary

afterimage en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English image English afterimage From after- + image.

Meanings

1. 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 35:
   • 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 1:

Forms

Synonyms

photogene

Translations (6)

id pascacitra (image) · es imagen remanente (image) · es imagen residual (image) · ja 残像 (image) · fi jälkikuva (image) · vi dư ảnh (image)