AFTERSENSATION

afterimage, aftersensation

(noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aftersensation (plural aftersensations)

A delayed sensation; one arising significantly later than the stimulus that caused it.

Source: Wiktionary


Aft"er*sen*sa`tion, n. (Psychol.)

Definition: A sensation or sense impression following the removal of a stimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primary sensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or follow it after an interval.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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