- a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
- a changing scene made up of many elements.
- an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, etc.
- a shifting medley of real or imagined figures, as in a dream
- a sequence of pictures made to vary in size rapidly while remaining in focus
- a shifting scene composed of different elements
