Apparent Motion

  

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Apparent Motion

Definition: Apparent Motion

Apparent Motion

Noun

1. An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Apparent Motion

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

Motion relative to a specified or implied reference point which may itself be in motion. Also called relative motion . See relative movement.In astronomy apparent motion usually refers to movement of celestial bodies as observed from the earth. (references)

Space

The observed motion of a heavenly body across the celestial sphere, assuming the Earth is at the sphere's center and is standing still. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Apparent motion

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Apparent motion is motion of an object observed by someone who may also be moving relative to some rest frame. Often used to describe planetary motions as seen by an observer on Earth.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Apparent motion."

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Synonyms: Apparent Motion

Synonyms: apparent movement (n), motion (n), movement (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Apparent Motion

English words defined with "apparent motion": apparent movementDiurnal aberration, Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, Diurnal motion of a heavenly bodymotion, movementSunwise. (references)
Specialty definitions using "apparent motion": apparent positiondiurnal motioninertial coordinate systemproper motionrelative coordinate system, relative motion, relative movement, retrograde motionstroboscopic effect. (references)

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Anagrams: Apparent Motion

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-n-o-o-p-p-r-t-t"

-1 letter: apportionment.

-3 letters: appointment, enamoration, protonemata, trepanation.

-4 letters: antiproton, inapparent, omnipotent, portamenti, portamento, praenomina, propionate, tramontane.

-5 letters: ametropia, annotator, apartment, appertain, apportion, emanation, entropion, important, intermont, mentation, nominator, operation, panettoni, prenomina, prenotion, prominent, pronation, proponent, protamine, protonate, protonema, reappoint, tarnation.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-n-o-o-p-p-r-t-t"
 

+2 letters: malapportionment.

 

+3 letters: malapportionments.

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Alternative Orthography: Apparent Motion


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0070 0070 0061 0072 0065 006E 0074      004D 006F 0074 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35828267847180862478186758180

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1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
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