"vanishing puzzle" meaning in All languages combined

See vanishing puzzle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: vanishing puzzles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vanishing puzzle (plural vanishing puzzles)
  1. A mechanical optical illusion comprising multiple pieces that can be rearranged to show different versions of a picture depicting several objects, the number of which depends on the arrangement of the pieces.
    Sense id: en-vanishing_puzzle-en-noun-0run-fNK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Optical illusions

Inflected forms

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