English Explanatory Dictionary

Fechner's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The observation that subjective sensation is proportional to the logarithm of the intensity of the stimulus.

Word forms

Fechner's law

Etymology

Formulated by Gustav Fechner (1801–1887).

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