Noun: law of continuation
- A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
"The law of continuation explains why we see a circle in a dotted line arrangement";
- good continuation, continuation
Derived forms: laws of continuation
Type of: Gestalt law of organisation [Brit], Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organisation [Brit], Gestalt principle of organization