Thesaurus results for AFTERIMAGE

afterimage

noun

Definition of afterimage

as in ghost

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Recent Examples of afterimage The digital detectors used by the camera suffered from an issue called quantum efficiency hysteresis, or QEH—when WF/PC took an image of a bright object, there was an afterimage left behind that would mess up later observations. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025 The afterimage of any one scene lasts in the human visual system for fractions of a second, Banna says. — Charlotte Hu, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024 In addition to reversing the color of an image, afterimages can convince your brain that an object has changed in shape or size. — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024 But then the mystery more or less fades from view, to be replaced by another that comes and goes in a flash but lingers like an afterimage. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for afterimage

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Noun

During a fraught encounter between Hamlet and the ghost of his father, an actor freezes before exiting entirely.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Liam sweeps in like the ghost of Christmas Present and suddenly everyone — everyone being Noel — starts to wonder if this just might work after all.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

The problem is that the action becomes so relentless, so explicitly gory, that a bad aftertaste sets in.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
Plus, there’s no aftertaste and the smell is actually pleasant, unlike vinegar or a harsher cleaning solution.

— Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 July 2026

Definition of aftertaste

Noun

Why not try to capture the moon using a DSLR camera and a telephoto lens when the Harvest Moon rises and in the weeks that follow to track how the shifting shadows alter its appearance?

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Larger backlight zones can allow light to spill into darker parts of the image, making blacks appear gray and reducing detail in shadows.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of shadow

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Nevertheless, the sight of the 20-year-old Slovenian riding clear up the famed Calo Alto, seven years on from a similarly callow Pogačar seizing his first Grand Tour stage victory, provide a resounding echo.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Jäger compares the sounds of techno to the noise of Detroit’s industrial machinery—the music that drove the ersatz utopias of the late twentieth century is, in other words, merely a synthetic echo of a far more vital past.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of echo

Noun

These beautiful, intrepid, witty and irrepressible young women and men are living witnesses to the destruction of the last vestiges of the dream of freedom of expression in Russia.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
As with many vestiges of the past, this myth is both a blessing and a curse.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of vestige

Noun

Reputation systems also struggle when an artifact is new, short-lived or slightly different from anything seen before.

— Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
The artifact's stop at West Point comes nearly 25 years after the attacks sent a generation of American service members to Afghanistan, Iraq and other theaters during the war on terror.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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