AFTERIMAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does afterimage mean? 

• AFTERIMAGE (noun)
  The noun AFTERIMAGE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AFTERIMAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFTERIMAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

afterimage; aftersensation

Hypernyms ("afterimage" is a kind of...):

memory image (a mental image of something previously experienced)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "afterimage"):

aftertaste (an afterimage of a taste)