Mach band


Mach band

(mahk), a relatively bright or dark band perceived in a zone where the luminance increases or decreases rapidly.

Mach band

(mahk band) A relatively bright or dark band perceived in a zone where the luminance increases or decreases rapidly.

Mach,

Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel, Austrian scientist, 1838-1916. Mach band - a relatively bright or dark band.Mach number - the ratio between the speed of an object moving through a fluid medium and the speed of sound in the same medium.