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Stevens' power law — is a proposed relationship between the magnitude of a physical stimulus and its perceived intensity or strength. It is often considered to supersede the Weber Fechner law on the basis that it describes a wider range of sensations, although… … Wikipedia
Power law — A power law is any polynomial relationship that exhibits the property of scale invariance. The most common power laws relate two variables and have the form:f(x) = ax^k! +o(x^k),where a and k are constants, and o(x^k) is of x. Here, k is… … Wikipedia
power law — noun (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity • Syn: ↑Stevens law, ↑Stevens power law • Topics: ↑psychophysics • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Stevens — may refer to:Automotive* Stevens (constructor), a former racing car constructor * Stevens Duryea, early U.S. carGeographical locationsIn the United States* Stevens County, Kansas * Stevens County, Minnesota * Stevens County, Washington * Stevens… … Wikipedia
law of nature — noun a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature (Freq. 3) the laws of thermodynamics • Syn: ↑law • Hypernyms: ↑concept, ↑conception, ↑construct • … Useful english dictionary
Stevens' law — noun (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity • Syn: ↑power law, ↑Stevens power law • Topics: ↑psychophysics • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Stevens — noun 1. United States filmmaker (1905 1975) • Syn: ↑George Stevens • Instance Hypernyms: ↑film maker, ↑filmmaker, ↑film producer, ↑movie maker 2. United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens power law to replace Fechner s… … Useful english dictionary
Law of comparative judgment — The law of comparative judgment was conceived by L. L. Thurstone. In modern day terminology, it is more aptly described as a model that is used to obtain measurements from any process of pairwise comparison. Examples of such processes are the… … Wikipedia
Law of Japan — Contents 1 Historical Developments 2 Sources of law 3 Precedent 4 Civil law 4.1 Contracts … Wikipedia
Weber–Fechner law — The Weber–Fechner law attempts to describe the relationship between the physical magnitudes of stimuli and the perceived intensity of the stimuli. Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795–1878) was one of the first people to approach the study of the human… … Wikipedia
