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Relative Size

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025
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Verified for the 2026 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025

Definition

The term "relative size" refers to the depth cue in which we perceive distance based on the comparison of sizes between objects. It is the idea that when two or more objects are similar, we assume that the smaller one is farther away.

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