After-image

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  After-image \Aft"er-im`age\, n.
     The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of
     the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to
     impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  afterimage
       n : an image (usually a negative image) that persists after
           stimulation has ceased [syn: {aftersensation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "afterimage":
     afterbirth, afterclap, aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow,
     aftergrowth, aftermath, afterpain, aftertaste, balance, butt,
     butt end, by-product, candle ends, chaff, debris, detritus, end,
     fag end, filings, fossil, holdover, husks, leavings, leftovers,
     ocular spectrum, odds and ends, offscourings, optical illusion,
     orts, parings, placenta, rags, refuse, relics, remainder, remains,
     remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump,
     sawdust, scourings, scraps, secundines, shadow, shavings,
     side effect, spectrum, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings,
     trace, track, trail, trick of eyesight, vestige, wake, waste