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Purkinje image

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purkinje figurenounSynonym of Purkinje image.
real imagenoun(optics) The image formed by light rays converging from a convex lens or concave mirror
virtual imagenoun(optics) The image formed by light rays diverging from a convex mirror or concave lens
horopternounFor any system of binocular vision, a three-dimensional curve containing all points from which the light will converge into a single image.
comanounA state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
anamorphosisnounA distorted image of an object that may be viewed correctly from a specific angle or with a specific mirror.
perspectivitynoun(geometry) The formation of an image in a picture plane of a scene viewed from a fixed point.
roof prismnounA reflective optical prism containing a section where two faces meet at a 90° angle, resembling the roof of a building. Reflection from the two 90° faces returns an image that is flipped laterally across the axis where the faces meet.
poggendorff illusionnounAn optical illusion involving the misperception of the position of one segment of a transverse line that has been interrupted by the contour of an intervening structure.
stigmatismnoun(medicine) Normal eyesight, anastigmatic state
parhelionnounSynonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”).
eyepiecenounThe lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.
dove prismnounA kind of reflective prism used to invert the orientation of an image.
oblique reflectionnoun(geometry) In Euclidean geometry, an ordinary reflection not requiring that the reflection be performed using perpendiculars.
projectionnounThe action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
emmetropianounThe condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
eyemarknounA mark around or near the eye.
rastergramnounAn image composed of coloured dots that appears to be three-dimensional when viewed correctly
einstein ringnoun(astronomy) A ring-shaped gravitational mirage; an image of a distant light source, such as a galaxy, which has been distorted into a ring by a gravitational lens.
penrose trianglenounAn optical illusion depicting an impossible solid object made of three straight beams of square cross section which meet pairwise at right angles at the vertices of the triangle they form.

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