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Recent Examples of afterimage
Fire to create an afterimage of yourself that projects a beam of light in Valorant.
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Mike Stubbs,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
16 Jan. 2025
In addition to reversing the color of an image, afterimages can convince your brain that an object has changed in shape or size.
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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.
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Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
24 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for afterimage
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterimage
Noun
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There are legends of ghost sightings and spooky happenings on the dirt road, like the woman who reportedly wanders it in the dark, crying out for her children.
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The ghosts of 1982 Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick was asked multiple times at a news conference Friday outside of Arrowhead Stadium about that shocking game at the 1982 World Cup.
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All in all, a good meal that leaves no bitter aftertaste.
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There’s no strange aftertaste, no fishy flavor, and no texture issues.
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Squirrel monkeys—a petite, chirruping, tree-climbing species whose dark muzzle gives the impression of permanent 5 o’clock shadow—have to deal with that proportional dilemma, too.
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Reflections, shadows and motion blur can all reduce detection confidence.
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There may be echoes of history on George’s first day.
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This gas absorbs that light and also pulses, with this secondary pulse serving as an echo of the first.
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Bartlett’s character is like a rock slab, a vestige of an ancient religion, brought to life in overlapping strips of muslin, linen, and leather in shades of dove, cream, gray, and pale blue, with his hood pulled tight around his face and his hands wrapped in mittens.
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Making Juneteenth a national holiday is the closest our country has gotten to acknowledging the truth about enslavement and its vestiges.
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Priceless artifacts stolen from these temples would then end up in the hands of unscrupulous antiquities dealers.
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Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
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The victims of May 18 deserve more than our remembrance.
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While visiting, travelers can draw the names of crew members, find that person’s name on the marble remembrance wall, read their story in a history book, and throw an orchid into the water in their honor.
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“Afterimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterimage. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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