"Droste effect" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɔstə əˈfɛkt/ Forms: Droste effects [plural]
Etymology: Droste + effect, from Dutch Droste, from German Droste. From the image used on Droste-brand cocoa powder, one of the main Dutch brands, of a nurse carrying a serving tray with a cup of hot chocolate and a box with the same image. Named after Dutch businessman Gerardus Johannes Droste who founded the company in 1863. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Droste|effect}} Droste + effect, {{der|en|nl|Droste}} Dutch Droste, {{der|en|de|Droste}} German Droste, {{yesno||n|N}} N, {{named-after/list|businessman||||}} businessman, {{lang|en|Gerardus Johannes Droste}} Gerardus Johannes Droste, {{named-after|en|Gerardus Johannes Droste|nat=Dutch|occ=businessman}} Named after Dutch businessman Gerardus Johannes Droste Head templates: {{en-noun}} Droste effect (plural Droste effects)
  1. The effect of a picture appearing within itself recursively, so that the inner picture contains another even smaller picture, and so on. Wikipedia link: en:Droste Synonyms: mise en abyme
    Sense id: en-Droste_effect-en-noun-B1G3qurs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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