Zollner illusion

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tsulnər; Ger. tsœlr)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Zollner illusion  (tsulnər; Ger. tsœlr),USA pronunciation [Psychol.]
  1. a spatial illusion in which parallel lines intersected by short oblique lines are perceived as converging or diverging.
  • named after J. K. French. Zöllner, 19th-century German physicist 1950–55


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