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Emmert's law

Emmert's law proper noun: a law stating that objects that generate retinal images of the same size will look different in physical size (linear size) if they appear to be located at different distances.

Proper noun

Emmert's law

  1. A law stating that objects that generate retinal images of the same size will look different in physical size (linear size) if they appear to be located at different distances.

Origin of Emmert's law

Named after Emil Emmert (1844–1911), who first described it in 1881.

Questions about Emmert's law

What does Emmert's law mean?
Emmert's law means a law stating that objects that generate retinal images of the same size will look different in physical size (linear size) if they appear to be located at different distances.
What part of speech is Emmert's law?
Emmert's law is a proper noun.

Words near Emmert's law in the dictionary

  1. Emmerling
  2. Emmerlings
  3. emmers
  4. Emmerson
  5. Emmert
  6. Emmert's law
  7. emmerties
  8. Emmerts
  9. emmesh
  10. emmeshed
  11. emmeshes

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