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lilac chaser

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
lilac chas-er
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical illusion involving 12 pink blurred discs arranged in a circle around a small black, central cross on a grey background. The brief disappearance of each disc in turn causes the observer to see a gap running around the circle of pink discs; a green disc running around the circle of pink discs in place of the gap; or the green disc running around on the grey background, with the pink discs having disappeared in sequence.

Inflected Forms

lilac chasers (plural)

Synonyms

Pac-Man illusion

Questions

What does lilac chaser mean?
An optical illusion involving 12 pink blurred discs arranged in a circle around a small black, central cross on a grey background. The brief disappearance of each disc in turn causes the observer to see a gap running around the circle of pink discs; a green disc running around the circle of pink discs in place of the gap; or the green disc running around on the grey background, with the pink discs having disappeared in sequence.

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