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Apparent movement   /əpˈɛrənt mˈuvmənt/   Listen
Apparent movement

noun
1.
An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object.  Synonyms: apparent motion, motion, movement.  "The succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"






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"Apparent movement" Quotes from Famous Books



... twelve years ago. The motion of the vesicular vapours, caused by the rising of the sun; the mingling of several layers of air, the temperature and density of which were very different, no doubt contributed to produce an apparent movement of the stars in the horizontal direction. We see something similar in the strong undulations of the solar disk, when it cuts the horizon; but these undulations seldom exceed twenty seconds, while the lateral motion of the stars, observed at the peak, at more than 1800 toises, was easily ...
— Equinoctial Regions of America • Alexander von Humboldt



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