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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A visually perceived image that is deceptive or misleading.
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- noun An
image that isvisually deceptive ormisleading .
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- noun an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression
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gangerh commented on the word optical illusion
It isn't - it just looks like one.
February 16, 2008