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noun • any agent that causes stress to an organism | ||||||||
| 30% | 15 | Establishes that the smallest detectable change in a stimulus magnitude is a constant proportion of the original stimulus. | ||||||
noun • (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber | ||||||||
| 29% | 6 | Causes strain | ||||||
adjective • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') • taut or rigid; stretched tight noun • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time verb • become stretched or tense or taut • increase the tension on • become tense, nervous, or uneasy • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | ||||||||
Stimulus That Causes Strain Crossword Clue
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STRESSOR which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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STRESSOR
Updated: October 11, 2023
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