LAW OF CONTINUATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does law of continuation mean? 

• LAW OF CONTINUATION (noun)
  The noun LAW OF CONTINUATION has 1 sense:

1. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction

  Familiarity information: LAW OF CONTINUATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAW OF CONTINUATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

continuation; good continuation; law of continuation

Hypernyms ("law of continuation" is a kind of...):

Gestalt law of organization; Gestalt principle of organization (a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization)