MEANING
The persistence or recurrence of a visual image after the object or stimulus has disappeared.
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An image remains or reappears after the viewer looks away.Use for an unnerving afterimage that outlasts the object, rather than an ordinary brief retinal afterimage.
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When the display went black, its red warning glyph remained in palinopsia above the console.
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