sociometer
sociometer noun: a theoretical gauge of interpersonal relationships, typically realised as self-esteem.
Noun
sociometer (plural sociometers)
- A theoretical gauge of interpersonal relationships, typically realised as self-esteem.
- A wearable sensor device to measure face-to-face interactions of people.
- Capable of sensing subtle movements as well as other unconscious and nonconscious signals, the sociometer creates, in effect, a feedback loop between consciousness and other levels of neuronal responses.2012, N. Katherine Hayles, How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 102
Forms of sociometer
| plural | sociometers |
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Origin of sociometer
From socio- + -meter.
Questions about sociometer
- What does sociometer mean?
- Sociometer means a theoretical gauge of interpersonal relationships, typically realised as self-esteem.
- What part of speech is sociometer?
- Sociometer is a noun.
- What is the plural of sociometer?
- The plural of sociometer is sociometers.
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