JND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jnd mean? 

• JND (noun)
  The noun JND 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: JND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JND (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 ("jnd" 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)