Definitions
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- noun (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected
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Examples
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Til Ãsgarðs har Askurint stóð, h and weary by the northwestern storm, jnd the winds rages in Midgard
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It should not come as a surprise to learn that social signifiers play a major role in his new book, tentatively entitled “Sociable design. †He lives at jnd. org.
JND.org 2008
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They have fixed an the Great Falli in PafTiik river, and tho ground adjoining, for ihe ercClion of milU, jnd the town, which they call Patcrrun, in honor of the prclcnt gnvemor of Ncw-Jerfey.
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What - ever is rL-ceivtd from a fuperior, is put to the Jlvi '. jnd forehead, by way of refpeft; and when a LiiJ .. pioniifes his fcrvice or prolettion, it is fig - by putting his hand to his turban, as much ItD fay, "He it on our head,"
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Writ awarded to a bifhop out of H\tUif jnd whether it may be to the archbilhop, 34:
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O lay me near the hoarfe Toice of the fal* ling ftream, that tumbles in flroarhy hufte from tbe cliffy brow; jnd let the laft (hutung of my eyes* 'be. foftened by t*) e foothing found.
The Works of the Caledonian Bards: Translated from the Galic 1783
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; and is I'lily lupplkd with omc of the I'm to ncoiiit herfcll 'jnd infants.
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [microform]: From ... 1796
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■ eam ike ladle is tamed on the joint v (as shown by the dotted line r, fig. 8,) to pour its contents in the mouth-piece tf jnd firom thence it runs into the seam.
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: ommencfment of the late war, was in the hands of lord Hartford, a natural fen of the late lord Baltimore, BuC jpon the revolution in America, the people aflembled jnd formed a conftitution of civil government, Hmilar to thofc of the ether ftates, Lord Hartford was an abfentee luring the war, and his property wa« confiscated.
A pocket almanack, for the year ... : calculated for the use of the state of Massachusetts-Bay 1779
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* ought to fay, that this world is truly a Living, jnd ImcUipem Crei -
The Court of the Gentiles, Or, A Discourse Touching the Original of Human Literature: Both ... 1672
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