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FECHNER'S LAW

Dictionary entry overview: What does Fechner's law mean?

• FECHNER'S LAW (noun)
The noun FECHNER'S LAW has 1 sense:

1. (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber

Familiarity information: FECHNER'S LAW used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FECHNER'S LAW (noun)

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Meaning:

(psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Fechner's law; Weber-Fechner law

Hypernyms ("Fechner's law" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

Domain category:

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

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