Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apparent_motion

1 sense of apparent motion

Sense 1
apparent motion, motion, apparent movement, movement -- (an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement")
       => optical illusion -- (an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression)