percept

[ 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 of percept

1
1830–40; <Latin perceptum something perceived, noun use of neuter of perceptus, past participle of percipere to perceive

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How to use percept in a sentence

  • We may then enumerate four kinds of things known directly without the help of other knowledge, The percepts of the senses.

  • The infant has but feeble perception, but as it gains experience it begins to manifest perceptions and form percepts.

    Your Mind and How to Use It | William Walker Atkinson
  • By the processes of Conception we form classes or generalizations from particular ideas arising from our percepts.

    Thought-Culture | William Walker Atkinson
  • Recollection (which is really a re-collection of percepts) must precede Representation in the shape of mental images or pictures.

    Thought-Culture | William Walker Atkinson
  • These are the percepts which the ego presents to the Thinker's consciousness.

    The Mystery of Space | Robert T. Browne

British Dictionary definitions for percept

percept

/ (ˈpɜːsɛpt) /


noun
  1. a concept that depends on recognition by the senses, such as sight, of some external object or phenomenon

  2. an object or phenomenon that is perceived

Origin of percept

1
C19: from Latin perceptum, from percipere to perceive

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