constancy : Idioms & Phrases


brightness constancy

  • noun the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination
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color constancy

  • noun the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions
    color constancy.
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colour constancy

  • noun the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions
    color constancy.
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perceptual constancy

  • noun (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
    constancy.
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shape constancy

  • noun the tendency to perceive the shape of a rigid object as constant despite differences in the viewing angle (and consequent differences in the shape of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)
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size constancy

  • noun the tendency to perceive the veridical size of a familiar object despite differences in their distance (and consequent differences in the size of the pattern projected on the retina of the eye)
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