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Rubin vase

Rubin vase noun: an optical illusion that may be seen either as the profiles of two people facing each other, or as a vase (formed by the space between them).

rubin vase: an optical illusion that may be seen either as the profiles of two people facing each other, or as...
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Noun

Rubin vase (plural Rubin vases)

  1. An optical illusion that may be seen either as the profiles of two people facing each other, or as a vase (formed by the space between them).

Forms of Rubin vase

pluralRubin vases

Origin of Rubin vase

Developed by Edgar Rubin.

Questions about Rubin vase

What does Rubin vase mean?
Rubin vase means an optical illusion that may be seen either as the profiles of two people facing each other, or as a vase (formed by the space between them).
What part of speech is Rubin vase?
Rubin vase is a noun.
What is the plural of Rubin vase?
The plural of Rubin vase is Rubin vases.

Words near Rubin vase in the dictionary

  1. Rubik's cubist
  2. Rubik's cubists
  3. Rubik's Revenge
  4. Rubik's Revenges
  5. rubin
  6. Rubin vase
  7. rubine
  8. rubineous
  9. rubines
  10. Rubino
  11. Rubinomics

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