percept
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
1Words that may be confused with percept
- percept , precept
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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.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikThe 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 AtkinsonBy the processes of Conception we form classes or generalizations from particular ideas arising from our percepts.
Thought-Culture | William Walker AtkinsonRecollection (which is really a re-collection of percepts) must precede Representation in the shape of mental images or pictures.
Thought-Culture | William Walker AtkinsonThese are the percepts which the ego presents to the Thinker's consciousness.
The Mystery of Space | Robert T. Browne
British Dictionary definitions for percept
/ (ˈpɜːsɛpt) /
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
Origin of percept
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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