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tau effects

tau effects is the plural of tau effect.

Meaning of tau effect

Noun

tau effect (plural tau effects)

  1. A spatial perceptual illusion that arises when observers judge the distance between consecutive stimuli in a sequence. When the distance between stimuli is constant but the time between stimuli is not, subjects tend to misperceive the shorter temporal interval as being accompanied by a shorter spatial interval.

Questions about tau effects

What is tau effects the plural of?
Tau effects is the plural of tau effect.

Words near tau effects in the dictionary

  1. Tau Cetians
  2. tau cross
  3. tau crosses
  4. Tau Day
  5. tau effect
  6. tau effects
  7. tau huay
  8. tau kua pau
  9. tau lepton
  10. tau leptons
  11. tau neutrino

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