HyperDic: size_constancy

English > 1 sense of the expression size constancy:
NOUNcognitionsize constancythe tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar / familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)
English > size constancy: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar / familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye).
Broaderconstancy, perceptual constancy(psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation

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