perceptibility

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But the distinctness of objects, i. e., the perceptibility of a light-impression, depends also upon the absolute brightness and the differences in brightness.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

In this section we can describe its nature only from the point of view of perceptibility.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath

After some time, however, Aleck began snuffing the air, and, with evident concern, announced the approach of a mist, which soon thickened into perceptibility to me also.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert

Visibility -- N. visibility, perceptibility; conspicuousness, distinctness &c. adj.; conspicuity†, conspicuousness; appearance &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

If desired, the gradation of intensities here employed may be refined to the threshold of perceptibility, or beyond it.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo