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Etymology

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From chrono- (prefix meaning ‘time’) +‎ -stasis (suffix meaning ‘slowing down, stopping’).

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Noun

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chronostasis (uncountable)

  1. (optics) A visual illusion in which a regular movement seems to pause the first time it is observed.
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