Hypertext Webster Gateway: "afterimage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
After-image \Aft"er-im`age\, n.
The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of
the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to
impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
afterimage
n : an image (usually a negative image) that persists after
stimulation has ceased [syn: {aftersensation}]
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