bouma shape n.— «Some have used the term bouma as a synonym for word shape, though I was unfamiliar with the term. The term bouma appears in Paul Saenger’s 1997 book Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading. There I learned to...
fairy ring n.— «Some sediment dweller has built its mound hard against a nodule. And on the left is a “fairy ring” of unknown origin that seems to be slipping and perhaps rolling nodules into its moat.» —“Why are there...
JND n. in psychophysics, the minimum difference between two inputs which is detectable by a human. Etymological Note: just noticeable difference (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
JND n.— «The two j.n.d. functions of the induced semiorder are two of the given functions.» —“Semiorders and a Theory of Utility Discrimination” by R. Duncan Luce Econometrica Apr., 1956. (source: Double-Tongued...
JND n.— «With this method, the “just-noticeable-difference,” (jnd) can be calculated.» —“Re: tone deafness?” by harnad@mind.UUCP (Stevan Harnad) Usenet: sci.med Nov. 12, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued...
natural capitalism n.— «In the effort to create a greener economic system, some theorists—starting with University of Florida zoologist C.S. Holling—are seeking to define an economic value for nature. Costanza describes what he calls...