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  2. Wagon-wheel effect - Wikipedia

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    The wagon-wheel effect (alternatively called stagecoach-wheel effect) is an optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation. The wheel can appear to rotate more slowly than the true rotation, it can appear stationary, or it can appear to rotate in the opposite direction from the true rotation ...

  3. Wagon wheel - Wikipedia

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    Wagon Wheel (trophy), a trophy awarded to the winner of a football game between the University of Akron and Kent State University; Wagon-wheel effect, the perception of a spinning object under a strobe light or on film; Wagon wheel, a chart used in cricket showing where a batsman hit the ball; Wagon wheel, an alternate name for the Rotelle pasta

  4. Stroboscopic effect - Wikipedia

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    It accounts for the "wagon-wheel effect", so-called because in video, spoked wheels (such as on horse-drawn wagons) sometimes appear to be turning backwards. A strobe fountain, a stream of water droplets falling at regular intervals lit with a strobe light , is an example of the stroboscopic effect being applied to a cyclic motion that is not ...

  5. File:The wagon-wheel effect.ogv - Wikipedia

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    If the inner wheel has a speed lower than 288 rpm (or 4,8 revolutions/second) it will seem to rotate backwards. The camera captured 24 fps. The first version of this video featured an incorrectly licensed piece of music.

  6. Aliasing - Wikipedia

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    In video or cinematography, temporal aliasing results from the limited frame rate, and causes the wagon-wheel effect, whereby a spoked wheel appears to rotate too slowly or even backwards. Aliasing has changed its apparent frequency of rotation.

  7. List of psychological effects - Wikipedia

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    Venus effect; Von Restorff effect; Wagon-wheel effect; Well travelled road effect; Werther effect; Westermarck effect; Word frequency effect; Word superiority effect;

  8. Apparent motion - Wikipedia

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    Stroboscopic effect, a phenomenon that occurs when continuous motion is represented by a series of short or instantaneous samples Wagon-wheel effect, temporal aliasing effect in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation

  9. Wagon - Wikipedia

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    A common form found throughout Europe is the ladder wagon , a large wagon the sides of which often consisted of ladders strapped in place to hold in hay or grain, though these could be removed to serve other needs. [4] A common type of farm wagon particular to North America is the buckboard.