Term: fechner's law: (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber
Candidate hypernym: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature → 1
Candidate hypernym: very low density lipoprotein: large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL → 0
Candidate hypernym: wolstonian glaciation: the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time → 0
Candidate hypernym: wheatear: small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump → 0
Candidate hypernym: lease: property that is leased or rented out or let → 0
Candidate hypernym: interpretation: an explanation that results from interpreting something → 0
Candidate hypernym: nimbus: a dark grey cloud bearing rain → 0
Candidate hypernym: fantasy world: something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) → 0
Candidate hypernym: holiness: the quality of being holy → 0
Candidate hypernym: nucleus: (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail → 0
Candidate hypernym: family business: a corporation that is entirely owned by the members of a single family → 0