Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hering illusion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: her-ing il-lu-sion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical illusion in which two straight and parallel lines presented in front of a radial (spoked) background appear to be bowed outwards.

Etymology

Discovered by the German physiologist Ewald Hering in 1861.

Inflected Forms

Hering illusions (plural)

Questions

What does hering illusion mean?: An optical illusion in which two straight and parallel lines presented in front of a radial (spoked) background appear to be bowed outwards.
Where does hering illusion come from?: Discovered by the German physiologist Ewald Hering in 1861.

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