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percepts

percepts is the plural of percept.

percepts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of percept.

Meaning of percept

Noun

percept (plural percepts)

  1. (archaic) Something perceived; the object of perception.
    • I shall, therefore, make no scruple in using the expression concept for the object of conception, and conception I shall exclusively employ to designate the act of conceiving. Whether it might not, in like manner, be proper to introduce the term percept for the object of perception, I shall not at...[a. 1857, William Hamilton, “Lecture III. Introduction. […]”, in H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, editors, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William...
  2. A perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something.
    • I see an inkstand on the table: that is a percept. Moving my head, I get a different percept of the inkstand.1901, Charles Sanders Peirce, Grammar of Science

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Questions about percepts

What is percepts the plural of?
Percepts is the plural of percept.

Words near percepts in the dictionary

  1. perceptors
  2. perceptron
  3. perceptronic
  4. perceptronium
  5. perceptrons
  6. percepts
  7. perceptual
  8. perceptual blindness
  9. perceptual control theory
  10. perceptual set
  11. perceptual sets

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