SHAPE CONSTANCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shape constancy mean? 

• SHAPE CONSTANCY (noun)
  The noun SHAPE CONSTANCY has 1 sense:

1. the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)

  Familiarity information: SHAPE CONSTANCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAPE CONSTANCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("shape constancy" is a kind of...):

constancy; perceptual constancy ((psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation)