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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 undetected
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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