The eye of a person exhibits a phenomenon X due to which it can see the image of an object for a short duration of Y even after the object has disappeared from his view. It is due to the phenomenon X that we are able to see moving Z on a television screen. What are X, Y and Z?
The phenomenon X is persistence of vision. The property of this phenomenon is that the image formed on the retina of the eye persists for about 1/16th of a second, hence if 16 frames are shown on a screen in succession, they are viewed by the retina as an ongoing action.
Short duration of Y is 1/16 seconds.
Z is pictures. Due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, we are able to see moving pictures on a television or a cinema screen.