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tachistoscope


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tachistoscope  \Ta*chis"to*scope\,  n.  [Gr.  ?,  superl.  of  ?  swift 
  +  -scope.]  (Physiol.) 
  An  apparatus  for  exposing  briefly  to  view  a  screen  bearing 
  letters  or  figures.  It  is  used  in  studying  the  range  of 
  attention,  or  the  power  of  distinguishing  separate  objects  in 
  a  single  impression. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tachistoscope 
  n  :  an  instrument  used  by  psychologists;  presents  visual  stimuli 
  for  brief  exposures  [syn:  {t-scope}] 




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