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

Now, according to the number of rays reflected is the force of the image of objects above, and according to the number of rays transmitted is the perceptibility of objects below the water.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

As to the argument drawn from dreams and hallucinations which might be brought against this, I have shown how it is set aside by a distinction between perceptibility and truth.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred

But although we may take the peculiar organization of their olfactory organs as being partly the cause of this keen perceptibility, we must in a great measure attribute this perfection to their mode of living.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

By perfectly concentrated Meditation on the form of the body, by arresting the body's perceptibility, and by inhibiting the eye's power of sight, there comes the power to make the body invisible.

From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man by Johnston, Charles