ZOLLNER ILLUSION


Meaning of ZOLLNER ILLUSION in English

/tsul"neuhr/ ; Ger. /tsuel"neuhrdd/ , Psychol.

a spatial illusion in which parallel lines intersected by short oblique lines are perceived as converging or diverging.

[ 1950-55; named after J. K. F. Zöllner, 19th-century German physicist ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .