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An image that is visually deceptive or misleading.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: optical phenomenon
Narrower terms: apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement, mirage
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
optiese illusie
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Arabic:
خداع بصري
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Asturian:
ilusión óptica
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Catalan:
il·lusió òptica
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Chinese Mandarin:
視覺效果 /视觉效果
(shìjué xiàoguǒ)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Chinese Mandarin:
視錯覺 /视错觉
(shìcuòjué)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Czech:
optický klam
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Dutch:
gezichtsbedrog
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Finnish:
optinen harha
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Finnish:
näköharha
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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French:
illusion d'optique
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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German:
optische Täuschung
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Greek:
οφθαλμαπάτη
(ofthalmapáti)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Gujarati:
દૃષ્ટિભ્રમ
(dŕṣṭibhram)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Hebrew:
אשליה אופטית
(ashlaya optit)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Hungarian:
optikai csalódás
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Icelandic:
sjónvilla
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Italian:
illusione ottica
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Japanese:
錯視
(sakushi)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Japanese:
目の錯覚
(me no sakkaku)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Korean:
착시
(chaksi)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Korean:
착시현상
(chaksihyeonsang)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Korean:
착시효과
(chaksihyogwa)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Korean:
눈의 착각
(nun-ui chakgak)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Luxembourgish:
optesch Illusioun
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Luxembourgish:
optesch Täuschung
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Norwegian:
optisk illusjon
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Norwegian:
optisk bedrag
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Norwegian:
synsbedrag
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Occitan:
illusion d'optica
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Polish:
złudzenie optyczne
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Portuguese:
ilusão de óptica
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Portuguese:
ilusão de ótica
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Russian:
опти́ческая иллю́зия
(optíčeskaja illjúzija)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Slovene:
optična iluzija
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Slovene:
optična prevara
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Spanish:
ilusión óptica
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Swedish:
synvilla
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Tagalog:
pangas
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Ukrainian:
опти́чна ілю́зія
(optýčna iljúzija)
— image that is visually deceptive or misleading