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Noun: law of continuation
  1. A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
    - 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

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