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Müller-Lyer illusion

Mül·ler-Ly·er il·lu·sion [ mylər l ər i l'n ] (plural Mül·ler-Ly·er il·lu·sions)


noun 
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optical illusion: an optical illusion in which a line with inward-pointing arrows is seen as longer than one of equal length with outward-pointing arrows

[Late 19th century. After Franz Carl Müller-Lyer (1857-1916), German sociologist and philosopher]
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