Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zöllner illusion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zoll-ner il-lu-sion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical illusion in which parallel lines are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.

Etymology

Discovered by German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner.

Inflected Forms

Zöllner illusions (plural) Zoellner illusion (alternative)

Synonyms

Zöllner's lines

Questions

What does zöllner illusion mean?: An optical illusion in which parallel lines are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.
Where does zöllner illusion come from?: Discovered by German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner.

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