Emmert’s law

the principle that the perceived size of an afterimage is proportional to the distance of the surface on which it is projected: The larger the afterimage, the farther away it is. See size constancy. [Emil Emmert (1844–1913), German physiologist]

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May 9th 2024

quasirandom

adj. see pseudorandom.