A–S Reaction Study n. Quick reference
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An early personality inventory designed to measure ascendance versus submissiveness in everyday social relationships, constructed by the US psychologists Gordon W(illard) Allport...
A–S scale abbrev. Quick reference
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A scale to measure anti-Semitism (prejudice against or hostility to Jews), especially the scale first published by the German philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist ...
A/S ratio abbrev. Quick reference
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Association/sensation ratio, an index of the comparative *intelligence of mammalian species formulated by the Canadian psychologist Donald O(lding) Hebb...
abaissement du niveau mental n. Quick reference
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abasia n. Quick reference
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Inability to walk. Compare
abbreviated reaction time n. Quick reference
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Another name for *central reaction time.
ABC abbrev. Quick reference
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abderite n. Quick reference
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A simpleton. [Named after Abdera, a town in the ancient country of Thrace whose inhabitants were reputed to be stupid]...
abducens nerve n. Quick reference
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aberration n. Quick reference
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ability n. Quick reference
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ability test n. Quick reference
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A test that measures a person's current level of performance or that estimates future performance. The term sometimes denotes an ...
abiogenesis n. Quick reference
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The generation of living from non-living matter. Compare
abiosis n. Quick reference
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Absence of life. abiotic adj. Lifeless or inanimate. [From Greek a- without + bios life + -osis indicating a process or state]...
ablation n. Quick reference
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Surgical removal of a structure or part of the brain or other organ of the body. ablate vb. [From Latin ...
ablation experiment n. Quick reference
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ableism n. Quick reference
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Abney's law n. Quick reference
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The principle according to which the total luminance of light composed of several wavelengths is equal to the sum of the luminances of its ...
Abney effect n. Quick reference
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abnormal adj. Quick reference
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Departing from what is usual or what is the rule or *norm (1, 2). [From Latin ab...
