Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kanizsa triangle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kanizsa -tri-an-gle
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical illusion in which a number of spatially separated fragments give the illusory impression of the contours of a triangle.

Example Sentences

"It is called a Kanizsa triangle, after the Italian psychologist Gaetano Kanizsa, who created it in 1955."

Etymology

Named after Gaetano Kanizsa.

Inflected Forms

Kanizsa triangles (plural)

Questions

What does kanizsa triangle mean?: An optical illusion in which a number of spatially separated fragments give the illusory impression of the contours of a triangle.
Where does kanizsa triangle come from?: Named after Gaetano Kanizsa.

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