🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

imagen consecutiva

Pronunciation / Transliteration: iˈmaɣen konsekuˈtiβa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Afterimage/ˈæf.tərˌɪm.ɪdʒ/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La fuerte luz causó una imagen consecutiva en su vista."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An impression of a sensory stimulus, especially a visual one, that persists after the external stimulus has ceased.

    "Staring at the bright light bulb left a vivid green afterimage floating in her field of vision."
  2. 2

    A lingering mental impression or memory of something seen.

    "Long after leaving the art gallery, the striking afterimage of the painting remained in his mind."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English elements 'after-' (denoting following or subsequent in time) and 'image' (from Latin 'imago', a copy, imitation, or likeness). The term emerged in the 19th century within the fields of physiological optics and psychology to describe the optical illusion of a visual image persisting after the original stimulus has been removed.

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