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

1 sense of size constancy

Sense 1
size constancy -- (the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size 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)