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afterimage definition

after·image (-im′ij)

noun

Psychol. an image or sensation that remains or returns after the external stimulus has been withdrawn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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