span of apprehension

British

noun

psychol the maximum number of objects that can be correctly assessed after a brief presentation

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In such cases the original piece of knowledge has at the time made a definite impress on the mind,—has come well within the span of apprehension of the supraliminal consciousness.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

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