visual persistence
1Persistence — Per*sist ence, Persistency Per*sist en*cy, n. [See {Persistent}.] 1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy. [1913 Webster] 2. The continuance of an effect… …
2Persistence of vision — is the phenomenon of the eye by which even nanoseconds of exposure to an image result in milliseconds of reaction (sight) from the retina to the optic nerves. This is because persistence of vision depends on chemical transmission of nerve… …
3persistence — [pər sist′ən sē, pər zist′ən sēpər sist′əns, pərzist′əns] n. [Fr persistance] 1. the act of persisting; stubborn or enduring continuance 2. the quality of being persistent; tenacity: also persistency [pər sist′ən sē, pər zist′ən sē] 3. the… …
4Visual display unit — A visual display unit, often called simply a monitor or display, is a piece of electrical equipment which displays images generated from the video output of devices such as computers, without producing a permanent record. A newer monitor… …
5persistence of vision — a visual phenomenon that is responsible for the apparent continuity of rapidly presented discrete images (as in motion pictures or television) consisting essentially of a brief retinal persistence of one image so that it is overlapped by the next …
6Visual Component Framework — Infobox Software name = Visual Component Software caption = developer = [http://vcf online.org VCF] latest release version = 0.9.0 latest release date = April 8, 2006 operating system = Windows/Win32, Mac OS X/Carbon (API) genre = Development… …
7persistence of vision — per·sis·tence of vision pər sis tən(t)s , zis n a visual phenomenon that is responsible for the apparent continuity of rapidly presented discrete images (as in motion pictures or television) consisting essentially of a brief retinal persistence… …
8Visual properties of some luminescent materials — ▪ Table Visual properties of some luminescent materials phosphor emission (phosphor/activator; coactivator) colour* persistence rhombohedral zinc orthosilicate/manganese 0.3%; 1,200 degrees C; 60 min, slow cooling green (525 nm) short (0.01 …
9persistence of vision — the retention of a visual image for a short period of time after the removal of the stimulus that produced it: the phenomenon that produces the illusion of movement when viewing motion pictures. [1900 05] * * * …
10Human visual system model — A human visual system model (HVS model) is used by image processing, video processing and computer vision experts to deal with biological and psychological processes that are not yet fully understood. Such a model is used to simplify the… …
