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PONZO VISUAL ILLUSION [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
CONT

The Ponzo Illusion occurs when you have two horizontal lines inside two slanted lines like an inverted V. The two horizontal lines are equal in length but they do not appear to be equal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Illusion visuelle dans laquelle, lorsque deux segments de droites parallèles et d'égale longueur sont encadrés transversalement par deux lignes concourantes, le segment le plus proche du point de rencontre des deux lignes semble plus long que l'autre.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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