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DIFFERENTIAL LIMEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does differential limen mean?
• DIFFERENTIAL LIMEN (noun)
The noun DIFFERENTIAL LIMEN has 1 sense:
1. the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect
Familiarity information: DIFFERENTIAL LIMEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
difference limen; difference threshold; differential limen; differential threshold
Hypernyms ("differential limen" is a kind of...):
limen; threshold (the smallest detectable sensation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "differential limen"):
jnd; just-noticeable difference ((psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected)
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