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nounan illusory feat; considered magical by naive observerstype of:
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nounsomething many people believe that is falsetype of:
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nounan erroneous mental representation
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nounthe act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideastype of:
Definition that contains illusion
- still used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion
- film a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- movie a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- picture a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- moving used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion
- flat lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- movement an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
- motion an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
- canal (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
- cartoon a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence