leaning tower illusion

English

Etymology

Originally demonstrated with a picture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Noun

leaning tower illusion (plural leaning tower illusions)

  1. An optical illusion where, given a pair of identical images of an object rising in perspective, the one on the right appears to be leaning more.
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