percept

[pur-sept]

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noun

the mental result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; an impression or sensation of something perceived.
something that is perceived; the object of perception.

Origin of percept

1830–40; < Latin perceptum something perceived, noun use of neuter of perceptus, past participle of percipere to perceive

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Related Words for percept

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Historical Examples of percept

You look at a watch which I hold before your eyes and secure a percept of it.
The Mind and Its Education
George Herbert Betts
As we reflect and seek to correct this inadequacy, the percept changes on our hands.
The Sense of Beauty
George Santayana
The percept is, and remains, a private and an individual matter.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Robert E. Park
The percept has an aggressiveness which does not belong to the image.
The Analysis of Mind
Bertrand Russell
A percept is "that which is perceived; the object of the act of perception."
Your Mind and How to Use It
William Walker Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for percept

percept

noun

a concept that depends on recognition by the senses, such as sight, of some external object or phenomenon
an object or phenomenon that is perceived

Word Origin for percept

C19: from Latin perceptum, from percipere to perceive

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Word Origin and History for percept

1837, from Latin perceptum "(a thing) perceived," noun use of neuter past participle of percipere (see perceive). Formed on model of concept.

percept in Medicine

percept

[pûr′sĕpt′]

The object of perception.
A mental impression of something perceived by the senses, viewed as the basic component in the formation of concepts.
In clinical psychology, a single unit of perceptual report, such as one of the responses to an inkblot in the Rorschach test.