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prisoner's cinema

prisoner's cinema noun: the visual phenomenon of seeing colours, which may resolve into human or other figures, when kept in darkness or otherwise deprived of visual stimulation.

Noun

prisoner's cinema (uncountable)

  1. The visual phenomenon of seeing colours, which may resolve into human or other figures, when kept in darkness or otherwise deprived of visual stimulation.

Questions about prisoner's cinema

What does prisoner's cinema mean?
Prisoner's cinema means the visual phenomenon of seeing colours, which may resolve into human or other figures, when kept in darkness or otherwise deprived of visual stimulation.
What part of speech is prisoner's cinema?
Prisoner's cinema is a noun.

Words near prisoner's cinema in the dictionary

  1. prisoner swap
  2. prisoner swaps
  3. prisoner visa
  4. prisoner visas
  5. prisoner's base
  6. prisoner's cinema
  7. prisoner's friend
  8. prisoner-of-war camp
  9. prisoner-of-war camps
  10. prisonerlike
  11. prisoners

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