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JUST-NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does just-noticeable difference mean? 

JUST-NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE (noun)
  The noun JUST-NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE has 1 sense:

1. (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetectedplay

  Familiarity information: JUST-NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JUST-NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

jnd; just-noticeable difference

Hypernyms ("just-noticeable difference" is a kind of...):

difference limen; difference threshold; differential limen; differential threshold (the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect)

Domain category:

psychophysics (the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects)


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