Ames trapezoid

noun

Ames trapezoid

noun

Etymology Discovered by American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr. in 1947.

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An optical illusion in which a trapezoid, subdivided into squares to look like a paned window, and made to rotate, appears to be a rectangle.

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