aftersensation

Questions about aftersensation

What does aftersensation mean?

aftersensation means "an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased".

How many syllables are in aftersensation?

aftersensation has 6 syllables and divides as af-ter-sen-sa-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for aftersensation?

Close synonyms include afterimage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aftersensation a common word?

aftersensation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.