| animate |
to give (a cartoon or object) the illusion of movement. [1/9 definitions] |
| animated cartoon |
a motion picture made by photographing a sequence of drawings showing stages of movement, so as to create the illusion of motion when the images are projected in quick succession. |
| disenchant |
to make free of enchantment or illusion. |
| fool's paradise |
an illusion of happiness and satisfaction. |
| foreshorten |
to distort, or shorten the lines of the long axis of (a visual image) in order to create the illusion of depth and perspective. [1/2 definitions] |
| freeze frame |
a technique in which a single frame of film is repeated a number of times to create the illusion that the action has been stopped or frozen, as to resemble a still photograph. |
| Hobson's choice |
the illusion of a free choice; choice of one thing or nothing. |
| illusionism |
in philosophy, the doctrine that the physical world is merely an illusion produced by the senses. [2 definitions] |
| illusive |
of, pertaining to, or like an illusion; illusory. |
| illusory |
causing or being an illusion or illusions; unreal or deceptive. |
| magician |
one skilled in magic, or one who performs tricks of illusion for entertainment. [1/2 definitions] |
| maya |
in Hinduism, illusion, esp. the illusory world of the senses. [1/2 definitions] |
| mirage |
an optical effect, often occurring in the desert or on hot pavement, in which light distorted by air masses of different temperatures creates the illusion of water and sometimes inverts distant objects. [2 definitions] |
| motion picture |
a series of photographic images projected in rapid succession on a screen, creating the illusion of natural and continuous motion. [1/2 definitions] |
| phantasm |
a misleading mental image; illusion. [1/3 definitions] |
| stage |
to present (something) to others in order to create a particular impression or illusion. [1/11 definitions] |
| stereo |
a method of photography or a photograph that gives an illusion of three-dimensional vision; stereoscopy. [1/4 definitions] |
| stereoscope |
an apparatus through which pictures of the same object taken from different angles are viewed through separate eyepieces to produce the illusion of a single image having three dimensions. |
| stereoscopy |
the study or use of techniques to give pictures the illusion of three-dimensionality. [1/2 definitions] |
| trick |
an optical or auditory illusion. [1/15 definitions] |
| trompe l'oeil |
any illusion or effect of this kind. [1/2 definitions] |