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PSYCHOPHYSICAL

Definition: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

PSYCHOPHYSICAL

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PSYCHOPHYSICAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)


Crosswords: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

Specialty definitions using "PSYCHOPHYSICAL": Contrast Sensitivityhuman factorspsychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour, psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colourthreshold of audibilityVOICE PATHOLOGIST. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

DomainTitle

Books

  • Computational and Psychophysical Mechanisms of Visual Coding (reference)

  • Critical Psychophysical Passages in the Life of a Woman: A Psychodynamic Perspective (reference)

  • Elements of Psychophysical Theory (Oxford Psychology Series No. 6) (reference)

  • High-Level Motion Processing: Computational, Neurobiological, and Psychophysical Perspectives (reference)

  • Portraits of Homeopathic Medicines: Psychophysical Analyses of Selected Constitutional Types (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Although a relationship between the number of surviving ganglion cells and psychophysical performance has been demonstrated in animals, a direct relationship between ganglion cell survival and level of auditory performance in humans has not been shown. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

"PSYCHOPHYSICAL" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PSYCHOPHYSICAL" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2176,261

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

Expressions using "PSYCHOPHYSICAL": psychophysical achromatic color psychophysical achromatic colour psychophysical chromatic color psychophysical chromatic colour psychophysical time. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

psychophysical

2

integration psychophysical research trager

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

Language Translations for "PSYCHOPHYSICAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

精神"理. (various references)

   

Danish

  

kromatisk farve (perceived chromatic color, perceived chromatic colour, psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour), akromatisk farve (perceived achromatic color, perceived achromatic colour, psychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

chromatische kleurprikkelvector (psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour), achromatische kleurprikkelvector (psychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

psykofysikaalinen kromaattinen väri (psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour). (various references)

   

French

  

couleur chromatique psychophysique (psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour), couleur achromatique psychophysique (psychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour). (various references)

   

German

  

unbunte Farbvalenz (psychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour), bunte Farbvalenz (psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χρωματικό χρώμα (perceived chromatic color, perceived chromatic colour, psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour), αχρωματικό χρώμα (perceived achromatic color, perceived achromatic colour, psychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour). (various references)

   

Italian

  

colore convenzionale cromatico (psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour), colore convenzionale acromatico (psychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

물리학. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ychophysicalpsay

   

Portuguese

  

cor cromática psicofísica (psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour), cor acromática psicofísica (psychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

color cromático psicofísico (psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour), color acromático psicofísico (psychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kromatisk färgvalens (psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour), akromatisk färgvalens (psychophysical achromatic color, psychophysical achromatic colour). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

Derivations

Words beginning with "PSYCHOPHYSICAL": psychophysically. (additional references)


Misspellings

"PSYCHOPHYSICAL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: psycophysical. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PSYCHOPHYSICAL"

Words rhyming with "PSYCHOPHYSICAL" (pronounced 'Psy`cho*phys"ic*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PSYCHOPHYSICAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-h-i-l-o-p-p-s-s-y-y"

-3 letters: hypophysial.

-4 letters: hypophysis, polyphasic.

-5 letters: apophysis, physicals, psychical.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-h-h-i-l-o-p-p-s-s-y-y"
 

+2 letters: psychophysically.

 

+5 letters: psychophysiological.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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