Fechner’s law
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Fechner’s law is a foundational psychophysical principle stating that perceived sensation increases proportionally to the logarithm of the physical stimulus intensity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fechner’s law canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23255727 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fechner’s law Context triple: [Gustav Fechner, notableFor, Fechner’s law]
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A.
Grassmann's law
Grassmann's law is a sound change rule in Indo-European linguistics describing how an aspirated consonant loses its aspiration when another aspirated consonant follows later in the same word.
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B.
Yerkes–Dodson law
The Yerkes–Dodson law is a psychological principle stating that performance improves with physiological or mental arousal up to an optimal point, after which further arousal leads to a decline in performance.
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C.
Lusser's law
Lusser's law is a reliability engineering principle that states the overall reliability of a system is the product of the reliabilities of its individual components, highlighting how system reliability decreases as more components are added in series.
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D.
Lenzsche Regel
Lenzsche Regel ist ein grundlegendes Gesetz der Elektrodynamik, das die Richtung induzierter Ströme so festlegt, dass sie der Ursache ihrer Entstehung entgegenwirken.
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E.
Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fechner’s law Target entity description: Fechner’s law is a foundational psychophysical principle stating that perceived sensation increases proportionally to the logarithm of the physical stimulus intensity.
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A.
Grassmann's law
Grassmann's law is a sound change rule in Indo-European linguistics describing how an aspirated consonant loses its aspiration when another aspirated consonant follows later in the same word.
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B.
Yerkes–Dodson law
The Yerkes–Dodson law is a psychological principle stating that performance improves with physiological or mental arousal up to an optimal point, after which further arousal leads to a decline in performance.
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C.
Lusser's law
Lusser's law is a reliability engineering principle that states the overall reliability of a system is the product of the reliabilities of its individual components, highlighting how system reliability decreases as more components are added in series.
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D.
Lenzsche Regel
Lenzsche Regel ist ein grundlegendes Gesetz der Elektrodynamik, das die Richtung induzierter Ströme so festlegt, dass sie der Ursache ihrer Entstehung entgegenwirken.
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E.
Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.