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English
Etymology
From chrono- (prefix meaning ‘time’) + -stasis (suffix meaning ‘slowing down, stopping’).
Pronunciation
Noun
chronostasis (uncountable)
- (optics) A visual illusion in which a regular movement seems to pause the first time it is observed.
Translations
visual illusion in which a regular movement seems to pause the first time it is observed
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