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ü- illusion
[ muhl-er-lahy-er, myoo-ler-, mil-er-; German myl-uhr-lee-uhr ]
noun
- a geometric illusion in which two lines of equal length appear unequal depending on whether angular lines forming arrowheads at each end point toward or away from each other.
ü- illusion
/ ˈːəˈɪə /
noun
- an optical illusion in which a line with inward pointing arrowheads is seen as longer than an equal line with outward pointing arrowheads
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ü- illusion1
After Franz-Karl ü- (1857–1916), German sociologist, who described the illusion in 1889
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ü- illusion1
C19: named after Franz ü- (1857–1916), German sociologist and psychiatrist
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The kids also fell for the ü- illusion, a pair of lines with arrowheads on both ends; one set of arrowheads points outward, the other inward toward the line.
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Martinez-Conde is willing to hazard a guess at how the ü- illusion works.
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Like Kahneman’s view of the universality of the Muller-Lyer illusion, the rational-agent model of human nature, which dominates economics, is based on a sampling error.
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The analogy to the ü- illusion is close.
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If you have already encountered this image, however, you recognize it as the famous ü- illusion.
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