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Definition of
afterimage noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
afterimage
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈæftərˌɪmɪdʒ
/
/
(
technology
)
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an image that your eye still sees after the thing that you were looking at is no longer there
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