1. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction; [syn: good continuation, continuation, law of continuation]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
law of continuation
n 1: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is
an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its
established direction [syn: good continuation,
continuation, law of continuation]