Mach Bands Definition
mäk
noun
Illusory bands of intensified lightness and darkness perceived adjacent to the borders of light and dark in a visual image, caused by image processing in the retina and optic nerve.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Mach Bands
After Ernst Mach who discovered them
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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