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What are your favorite examples of German words making it into English? (self.germany)

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[–] ook_the_librarian 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nonmathematical, but same root, eigengrau, aka, the patterns you see if you press on your closed eyes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aah, there's a word for it. I have been looking for it for ages.

[–] ook_the_librarian 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess I should note that I've heard people calling the patterns eigengrau, but there doesn't seem to be anything in the wikipedia about stimulating the effect with pressure.

Apparently phosphene is the general term for seeing things that aren't photons.