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Meanings of optical illusions in English

Russian
оптические иллюзии
Portuguese
ilusão de ótica
Spanish
efecto óptico
Catalan
il·lusió òptica
Wikidata

Visually perceived images that differ from objective reality.

оптические иллюзии
Usage of optical illusions in English
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Based on fifty years of optical illusions, it simply shouldn't have worked.
Hiding the Elephant
2
On every hand might be seen the optical illusions of the plain.
Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings
3
Researchers at MIT have spent over a decade creating hybrid optical illusions.
Independent.ie
4
Turrell's work involves the illumination of spaces to create optical illusions.
The new yorker
5
Firstly, optical illusions can use colour, light and patterns to trick the mind.
News.com.au
6
Braxton Wyatt knew that optical illusions were common, especially in the obscurity of night.
The Border Watch: A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand
7
This young soldier knew the optical illusions produced by tears.
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories
8
Percival was the unwitting victim of two well-known optical illusions.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
9
As there are optical illusions, there are also auricular illusions.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
10
It is now thought that the 'canals' were optical illusions produced by slightly inferior telescopes.
The Guardian
11
He had witnessed similar optical illusions in the deserts, also, which he described to her.
The Queen of Sheba, and My Cousin the Colonel
12
He'd developed an unusual confidence in these optical illusions.
Hiding the Elephant
13
The optical illusions, produced by ingeniously arranged mirrors, were a pleasing surprise to the visitor.
By Water to the Columbian Exposition
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Unlike many optical illusions, though, most people didn't flip back and forth between two interpretations.
Wired
15
It's like looking at one of those optical illusions.
Mob rules
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These are cognitive illusions, a parallel to optical illusions.
Bad science