figure-ground

figure-ground
figure-ground -'grau̇nd adj relating to or being the relationships between the parts of a perceptual field which is perceived as divided into a part consisting of figures having form and standing out from the part comprising the background and being relatively formless <a diagram in which \figure-ground relationships are easily perceived as reversed>

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  • figure-ground — ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective : relating to or being the relationships between the parts of a perceptual field which is perceived as divided into a part consisting of figures having form and standing out from a part comprising the background and… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Figure-ground (perception) — In visual perception, figure ground is a type of perceptual organization in vision that involves assignment of edges to regions for purposes of shape determination, determination of depth across an edge, and the allocation of visual attention… …   Wikipedia

  • figure-ground vase —    see Rubin s figure …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • figure-ground — /fig yeuhr grownd /, n. Psychol. a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well defined objects standing out against a less distinct background. * * * …   Universalium

  • figure-ground contrast — See perception …   Dictionary of sociology

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  • Figure and ground (media) — Figure and ground is a concept developed by media theorist Marshall McLuhan, which underpins the meaning of his famous phrase, The medium is the message. He used this concept to explain how a communications technology, the medium or figure ,… …   Wikipedia

  • figure — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelian sorites, Establishment, Goclenian sorites, Platonic body, Platonic form, Platonic idea, VIP, accept, acclaim, acknowledge, act, acute angled triangle, add, adornment, adumbrate, advert to, aesthetic form,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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