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Noun: Weber's law
  1. (psychophysics) the concept that a just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the original stimulus
    "Weber's law explains why you don't notice your headlights are on in the daytime"

Type of: law, law of nature

Encyclopedia: Weber's law