persistence of vision

optical illusion that occurs when visual perception of an object does not cease for some time after the rays of light proceeding from it have ceased to enter the eye
Event optical_illusion Q508993
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persistence of vision

Summary

persistence of vision is an optical illusion[1]. It draws 157 Wikipedia views per month (optical_illusion category, ranking #10 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • persistence of vision's video is recorded as Optical illusion disc with somersaults and horseback riding-whiteBalance-1000p.gif[3].
  • persistence of vision's instance of is recorded as optical illusion[4].
  • persistence of vision's Commons category is recorded as Persistence of vision[5].
  • persistence of vision's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05svz[6].
  • persistence of vision's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/persistence-of-vision[7].
  • persistence of vision's Quora topic ID is recorded as Persistence-of-Vision-2[8].
  • persistence of vision's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as persistence-of-vision[9].
  • persistence of vision's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 12709780[10].

Why It Matters

persistence of vision draws 157 Wikipedia views per month (optical_illusion category, ranking #10 of 37).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). persistence of vision. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/persistence-of-vision
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_persistence-of-vision_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{persistence of vision}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/persistence-of-vision}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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