percarbureted |
<chemistry> Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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perceive |
1. To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord. 2. To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand. "Jesus perceived their wickedness." (Matt. Xxii. 18) "You may, fair lady, Perceive I speak sincerely." (Shak) "Till we ourselves see it with our own eyes, and perceive it by our own understandings, we are still in the dark." (Locke) 3. To be affected of influented by. "The upper regions of the air perceive the collection of the matter of tempests before the air here below." (Bacon) Synonym: To discern, distinguish, observe, see, feel, know, understand. To Perceive, Discern. To perceive a thing is to apprehend it as presented to the senses or the intellect; to discern is to mark differences, or to see a thing as distinguished from others around it. We may perceive two persons afar off without being able to discern whether they are men or women. Hence, discern is often used of an act of the senses or the mind involving close, discriminating, analytical attention. We perceive that which is clear or obvious; we discern that which requires much attention to get an idea of it. "We perceive light, darkness, colours, or the truth or falsehood of anything. We discern characters, motives, the tendency and consequences of actions, etc." Origin: OF. Percevoir, perceveir, L. Percipere, perceptum; per (see Per-) + capere to take, receive. See Capacious, and cf. Perception. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
percentile |
The percentage of individuals in a group who have achieved a certain quantity (such as height, weight, and head circumference) or developmental milestone (such as walking well the 50th percentile for which is12 months of age). (12 Dec 1998) |
percept |
1. That which is perceived; the complete mental image, formed by the process of perception, of an object or idea. 2. In clinical psychology, a single unit of perceptual report, such as one of the responses to an inkblot in the Rorschach test. Origin: L. Perceptum, a thing perceived (05 Mar 2000) |
percept analysis |
Psychologic survey of an individual's personality using Rorschach's series of inkblots. (05 Mar 2000) |
perception |
<psychology> The conscious mental registration of a sensory stimulus. Origin: L. Percipere = to take in completely (18 Nov 1997) |
perceptive |
Relating to or having a higher than normal power of perception. (05 Mar 2000) |
perceptive deafness |
Former term for sensorineural deafness. (05 Mar 2000) |
perceptivity |
The power of perception. (05 Mar 2000) |
perceptorium |
Origin: L, fr. Sentire, sensum, to discern or perceive by the senses. <physiology> The seat of sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external impressions are localised, and transformed into sensations, prior to being reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
perceptual closure |
The tendency to perceive an incomplete pattern or object as complete or whole. This includes the gestalt law of closure. (12 Dec 1998) |
perceptual defense |
Selective perceiving such that the individual protects himself from becoming aware of something unpleasant or threatening, e.g., obscene words are not heard correctly, or violent acts are not seen accurately. (12 Dec 1998) |
perceptual disorders |
Disturbances in recognizing and interpreting sensory stimuli dependent upon one's previous experience. (12 Dec 1998) |
perceptual distortion |
Lack of correspondence between the way a stimulus is commonly perceived and the way an individual perceives it under given conditions. (12 Dec 1998) |
perceptual expansion |
Development of an ability to recognise and interpret sensory stimuli through associations with past similar stimuli; perceptual expansion by relaxation of defenses is a goal of psychotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |