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Afterimage

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased wordnet

Etymology

From after- + image.

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