Emmert's law

English

Etymology

Named after Emil Emmert (1844–1911), who first described it in 1881.

Proper noun

Emmert's law

  1. A law stating that objects that generate retinal images of the same size will look different in physical size (linear size) if they appear to be located at different distances.
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