English noun: Weber's law | |||
1. | Weber's law (cognition) (psychophysics) the concept that a just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the original stimulus | ||
Samples | Weber's law explains why you don't notice your headlights are on in the daytime. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | law, law of nature | ||
Domain category | psychophysics | ||