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optical illusion

optical illusion noun: an image that is visually deceptive or misleading.

optical illusion: an image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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Noun

optical illusion (plural optical illusions)

  1. An image that is visually deceptive or misleading.
    • Each show spans over 180 minutes, including 40-plus songs from at least nine albums; there are 16 costume changes, pyrotechnics, an optical illusion in which she appears to dive into the stage and swim, and not one but two cottagecore worlds, which feature an abundance of moss.2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023

optical illusion meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati and Tagalog

optical illusion in Tamil

ஒளியியற்கண்மாயம், கட்புலன் திரிபுக் காட்சி

optical illusion in Malayalam

ദൃഷ്ടിഭ്രമം

optical illusion in Gujarati

image that is visually deceptive or misleading
દૃષ્ટિભ્રમ dŕṣṭibhram

optical illusion in Tagalog

image that is visually deceptive or misleading
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optical illusion in Arabic
خداع بصري

Forms of optical illusion

pluraloptical illusions

Questions about optical illusion

What does optical illusion mean?
Optical illusion means an image that is visually deceptive or misleading.
What is optical illusion in Tamil?
Optical illusion in Tamil is ஒளியியற்கண்மாயம், கட்புலன் திரிபுக் காட்சி. See Optical illusion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is optical illusion?
Optical illusion is a noun.
What is the plural of optical illusion?
The plural of optical illusion is optical illusions.

Words near optical illusion in the dictionary

  1. optical fibre
  2. optical fibres
  3. optical flat
  4. optical flats
  5. optical glass
  6. optical illusion
  7. optical illusions
  8. optical isomer
  9. optical isomerism
  10. optical isomerisms
  11. optical isomers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: optical illusion (page history and authors); optical illusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); optical illusion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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