afterimage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of afterimage
Example Sentences
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At this point, close your eyes for a moment, then reopen them, looking again at the white paper or wall; the afterimage of the flag should continue to appear as red, white, and blue.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Through photography and sleuthy archival projects she maps a certain afterimage of Los Angeles like a noir conceptualist.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2021
Where there had once been toothless rebellion, now there was eager compliance—even if the show had trained me to see insincerity floating in the air, like the afterimage from decade-old flash.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020
The audience will continue to see a red afterimage in the shape of the woman.
From Scientific American • Apr. 7, 2019
She was still blinking away the afterimage of Rasalas’s gleaming teeth, and the knowledge that it was all her fault.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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