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| afterimage |
a sensory impression, usu. visual, that continues after the stimulus causing it has ceased. |
| art |
the field of visual works such as painting, drawing, and the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| artist |
one who works professionally in visual media such as drawing, painting, and photography. [1/3 definitions] |
| AV |
abbreviation of "audio-visual," having both sound and a picture, as does film. |
| barogram |
a visual record of atmospheric pressure over time, produced by a barograph. |
| biofeedback |
a method for self-regulation of presumably involuntary bodily functions, such as heartbeat rate, with the aid of electronic monitors that display visual representations of such functions. |
| collage |
a type of visual art work in which diverse and often seemingly incongruous materials, such as photographs, buttons, hair, and the like, are pasted upon a surface, often with added marks or writing. |
| composite |
a visual image, esp. a photograph, composed of several individual pictures. [1/5 definitions] |
| concrete poetry |
a form of poetry in which the arrangement of words and phrases on the printed page is intended to convey a visual as well as poetic image. |
| dazzling |
causing visual disturbance or confusion. [1/3 definitions] |
| decorative |
adding to visual attractiveness; ornamental. |
| effect |
(pl.) sounds or visual images that are used to produce an effect on a listener or spectator, especially those used in film, television, sound recording, and the like to create visual or auditory illusions or elicit a heightened experience. [1/8 definitions] |
| eyespot |
a primitive visual organ that is sensitive to light, found in many invertebrates. [1/2 definitions] |
| fine art |
(often pl.) art, esp. visual art, practiced and admired for its beauty or significance rather than its practicality or usefulness. [2/3 definitions] |
| flower |
a plant capable of producing blossoms, grown primarily for visual enjoyment. [1/6 definitions] |
| focus |
the state of maximum visual clarity and precision. [1/9 definitions] |
| 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] |
| graphic |
of or related to graphics or visual arts. [1/7 definitions] |
| graphic organizer |
a chart or other visual means of displaying relationships between pieces of information. |
| handwriting |
the visual characteristics of such writing of a particular person. [1/2 definitions] |
| heighten |
to cause the patterns or features of (something) to become clearer, as in a visual image such as a photograph. [1/5 definitions] |
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