Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talbot-plateau law

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: tal-bot--plateau law
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An experimental observation related to the psychophysics of vision. If a light flickers so rapidly that it appears continuous, then its perceived brightness will be determined by the relative periods of light and darkness: the longer the darkness, the weaker the light.

Etymology

Named after Belgian scientist Joseph Plateau and English photography pioneer Henry Fox Talbot, who wrote on the topic in the 1830s.

Inflected Forms

the Talbot-Plateau law (canonical)

Synonyms

Talbot's law

Questions

What does talbot-plateau law mean?: An experimental observation related to the psychophysics of vision. If a light flickers so rapidly that it appears continuous, then its perceived brightness will be determined by the relative periods of light and darkness: the longer the darkness, the weaker the light.
Where does talbot-plateau law come from?: Named after Belgian scientist Joseph Plateau and English photography pioneer Henry Fox Talbot, who wrote on the topic in the 1830s.

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