Usually means: Perception differs from physical reality.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word optical illusion:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. optical illusion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. optical illusion: Merriam-Webster
  3. optical illusion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. optical illusion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. optical illusion: Collins English Dictionary
  6. optical illusion: Vocabulary.com
  7. optical-illusion: Wordnik
  8. optical illusion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. optical illusion: Wiktionary
  10. optical illusion: Dictionary.com
  11. Optical Illusion (Time Requiem album), Optical Illusion (album), Optical illusion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. optical illusion: Rhymezone
  13. optical illusion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. optical illusion: FreeDictionary.org
  15. optical illusion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. optical illusion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. optical illusion: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. optical illusion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Optical Illusion: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

(Note: See optical_illusions as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (optical illusion)

noun:  An image that is visually deceptive or misleading.

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