fechner : Idioms & Phrases


fechner's law

  • noun (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
    Fechner's law.
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gustav theodor fechner

  • noun German physicist who founded psychophysics; derived Fechner's law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887)
    Fechner.
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weber-fechner law

  • noun (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
    Fechner's law.
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