Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jnd

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: jnd
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Just-noticeable difference, the amount by which something must be changed in order for it to be detectable at least 50% of the time.

Example Sentences

"Aleah's nosejob was not dramatic. It was more like a JND, around half her friends noticed it and the other half did not."
"The three laws of thresholds Weber's law states that, for a JND to be noticed, a constant ratio (relationship) exists between the intensity of a stimulus and the additional intensity required for a comparison to be made between the stimuli."

Inflected Forms

JNDs (plural)

Synonyms

just-noticeable difference

Questions

What does jnd mean?: Just-noticeable difference, the amount by which something must be changed in order for it to be detectable at least 50% of the time.

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