| animate |
to give the illusion of movement. [1/6 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 illusion in which something is seen in the distance but is not really there. A mirage often occurs in the desert or on hot pavement, creating the illusion of water. A mirage is caused when light is reflected by air masses of different temperatures. |
| 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] |