HyperDic: law_of_continuation

English > 1 sense of the expression law of continuation:
NOUNcognitionlaw of continuation, good continuation, continuationa Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
English > law of continuation: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction.
Synonymsgood continuation, continuation
BroaderGestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organizationA principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization

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