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Droste effects

Droste effects is the plural of Droste effect.

Meaning of Droste effect

Noun

Droste effect (plural Droste effects)

  1. The effect of a picture appearing within itself recursively, so that the inner picture contains another even smaller picture, and so on.
    Synonyms:
    mise en abyme

Questions about Droste effects

What is Droste effects the plural of?
Droste effects is the plural of Droste effect.

Words near Droste effects in the dictionary

  1. drostdies
  2. drostdy
  3. drostdys
  4. Droste
  5. Droste effect
  6. Droste effects
  7. Drostes
  8. Drosts
  9. drosulfakinin
  10. drosulfakinins
  11. drotaverin

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