Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oppel-kundt illusion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.88 in modern English

Syllables: op-pel-kundt il-lu-sion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical illusion that occurs when comparing the sizes of filled and unfilled parts of an image.

Etymology

Named after German physicists Johann Joseph Oppel and August Kundt.

Inflected Forms

Oppel-Kundt illusions (plural)

Questions

What does oppel-kundt illusion mean?: An optical illusion that occurs when comparing the sizes of filled and unfilled parts of an image.
Where does oppel-kundt illusion come from?: Named after German physicists Johann Joseph Oppel and August Kundt.

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