Afterimage
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From after- + image.