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Definition of percept - 4 dictionary results

per⋅cept

  [pur-sept]
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–noun
1. the mental result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; an impression or sensation of something perceived.
2. something that is perceived; the object of perception.
Origin:
1830–40; < L perceptum something perceived, n. use of neut. of perceptus, ptp. of percipere to perceive
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per·cept   (pûr'sěpt')   
n.  

  1. The object of perception.

  2. A mental impression of something perceived by the senses, viewed as the basic component in the formation of concepts; a sense datum.


[From Latin perceptum, neuter past participle of percipere, to perceive; see perceive.]
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Main Entry: per·cept
Pronunciation: 'p&r-"sept
Function: noun
: an impression of an object obtained by use of the senses : SENSE-DATUM
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percept per·cept (pûr'sěpt')
n.

  1. The object of perception.

  2. A mental impression of something perceived by the senses, viewed as the basic component in the formation of concepts.

  3. In clinical psychology, a single unit of perceptual report, such as one of the responses to an inkblot in the Rorschach test.

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