Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barber pole illusion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: bar-ber pole il-lu-sion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical illusion where, when a diagonally striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis (horizontally), it appears as though the stripes are moving in the direction of its vertical axis (downwards in the case of the animation to the right) rather than around it.

Inflected Forms

barber pole illusions (plural) barber-pole illusion (alternative) barberpole illusion (alternative)

Synonyms

barber pole effect

Questions

What does barber pole illusion mean?: An optical illusion where, when a diagonally striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis (horizontally), it appears as though the stripes are moving in the direction of its vertical axis (downwards in the case of the animation to the right) rather than around it.

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