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

1 sense of shape constancy

Sense 1
shape constancy -- (the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye))
       => constancy, perceptual constancy -- ((psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation)