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精神物理学 (せいしんぶつりがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

精せい神しん物ぶつ理り学がく

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Meanings

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psychophysics

Academic field studying the relationship between physical stimuli and subjective sensations.

精せい神しん物ぶつ理り学がくは、刺し激げきの強つよさと感かん覚かくの関かん係

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Psychophysics is the study of the relationship between stimulus intensity and sensation.

Kanji

精refined, ghost, fairy
神gods, mind, soul
物thing, object, matter
理logic, arrangement, reason
学study, learning, science

Built from

精せい神しん+物ぶつ理り学がく

Etymology

Compound of 精神 (mind, spirit) + 物理学 (physics), likely a calque from German 'Psychophysik' or English 'psychophysics'.