Percept Definition

pûrsĕpt
percepts
noun
percepts
A recognizable sensation or impression received by the mind through the senses.
Webster's New World
The object of perception.
American Heritage Medicine
A mental impression of something perceived by the senses, viewed as the basic component in the formation of concepts; a sense datum.
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Noun

Singular:
percept
Plural:
percepts

Origin of Percept

  • From Latin perceptum, neuter of perceptus (“perceived"), past participle of percipere (“to perceive"); see perceive.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin perceptum neuter past participle of percipere to perceive perceive

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Percept Sentence Examples

  • Every percept is such a starting-point; it is an immediate certainty, remaining with us unmodified as the basis 1 Deontology, p. 42.

  • The reality of the external object is a necessary condition, to exclude hallucinations of the senses; the exact correspondence between the external object and the internal percept is also necessary, but naturally hard to secure, for how can we compare the two?

  • On the other hand, Hume is certainly right in holding that the distinctive character of a percept as compared with an image is in all ordinary cases the force and liveliness with which it strikes the mind - the distinction, therefore, being one of quality, not of degree.

  • Multiple channels must address how these separate motion signals are combined into a coherent motion percept.

  • First he breaks up the percept.

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Words Starting With

PPEPER

Words Ending With

TPTEPT

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