critical fusion frequency

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(thing) by Halcyon&on (3 y) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Aug 23 2000 at 3:34:38

The number of light flashes per second at which the light is percieved to be continuous. At some point (for people usually greater than 10 Hz), the photoreceptors in our eyes do not have time to recover from a previous flash to sense a new one. Hence the photoreceptor is continously depolarized and the light is perceived as continuous. This is why lights powered by household alternating current (60 Hz) do not appear to flash and also why the television and movies appear continuous.

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alternating current	NID	Persistence of Vision	fusion
Prince Albert	Eye	vision	hertz

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