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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



... the right and that the written characters, when in lines, follow one another in the same direction lead us to infer that the groups and pictures follow one another in the same order, but the apparent movement of the latter towards the left would seem to indicate that they follow one another in this direction. This inference appears to be confirmed by the following evidence: As is well known, the plates of the Manuscript Troano are to be taken in reverse order to the paging. ...
— Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices • Cyrus Thomas



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