weber's law

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   (psychophysics) the concept that a just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the original stimulus

   “Weber's law explains why you don't notice your headlights are on in the daytime”

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Questions about weber's law

What does weber's law mean?

weber's law means "(psychophysics) the concept that a just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the original stimulus".

Is weber's law a common word?

weber's law is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.