The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
zöllner's lines — noun plural Usage: usually capitalized Z Etymology: after Johann K. F. Zöllner died 1882 : parallel lines made to appear to converge or diverge by oblique intersections * * * Zöllner s lines /tsœlˈnərz līnz/ plural noun Rows of parallel lines… … Useful english dictionary
Zollner's lines — /ˈzɒlnəz laɪnz/ (say zolnuhz luynz) plural noun parallel lines which are made to appear to converge or diverge by the placement of short oblique lines. {named after JKF Zöllner, 1834–82, German physicist} …
zöllner illusion — ˈtsə̄lnə(r) noun Usage: usually capitalized Z Etymology: after Johann K. F. Zöllner died 1882 German physicist : the illusion produced by Zöllner s lines … Useful english dictionary
Zöllner illusion — The Zöllner illusion is a classic optical illusion named after its discoverer, German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner. In 1860, Zöllner sent his discovery in a letter to physicist and scholar Johann Christian Poggendorff, editor of… … Wikipedia
Zöllner illusion — The eponym Zöllner illusion refers to the German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834 1882). It is used to denote a * geometric optical illusion in which parallel lines seem to diverge when one of the lines is intersected by… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Zollner illusion — /tsul neuhr/; Ger. /tsuel neuhrdd/, Psychol. a spatial illusion in which parallel lines intersected by short oblique lines are perceived as converging or diverging. [1950 55; named after J. K. F. Zöllner, 19th century German physicist] * * * … Universalium
Zöllner — Johann F., German physicist, 1834–1882. See Z. lines, under line … Medical dictionary
zoellner's lines — noun plural Usage: usually capitalized Z : zöllner s lines … Useful english dictionary
Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner — (1834 ndash;1882) was a German astrophysicist who studied optical illusions. He invented the Zöllner illusion where lines that are parallel appear diagonal. Zöllner crater on the moon is named in his honor.References*cite journal title = Ueber… … Wikipedia
Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… … Universalium
