Why do the spokes of a wheel seem to rotate in the opposite direction to that of the wheel?

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Why do the spokes of a wheel seem to rotate in the opposite direction to that of the wheel?

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The term that describes it is “Aliasing”. It’s most prominent on TV programmes where 30 frames per second are not enough to capture a wheel spinning and what you see is out of step with the movement of the wheel.

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