acoluthic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   psychology: relating to a residual or fading sensation that immediately follows a stimulus

   Russell called the fading visual impression an acoluthic sensation.

Formed from Ancient Greek akolouthos ("following, attendant") + -ic. The technical spelling describes a sensation that follows its stimulus; akoluthic and acolouthic are variant transliterations of the same Greek stem.

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