"Poggendorff illusion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Poggendorff illusions [plural]
Rhymes: -uːʒən Etymology: Named after Johann Christian Poggendorff, journal editor who discovered the effect in figures submitted by Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner in 1860. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Poggendorff illusion (plural Poggendorff illusions)
  1. An optical illusion involving the misperception of the position of one segment of a transverse line that has been interrupted by the contour of an intervening structure. Categories (topical): Optical illusions

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