stevens | (n) United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973), Syn. Smitty Stevens, Stanley Smith Stevens, S. Smith Stevens |
stevens | (n) United States poet (1879-1955), Syn. Wallace Stevens |
stevens | (n) United States filmmaker (1905-1975), Syn. George Stevens |
stevens' law | (n) (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity, Syn. Stevens' power law, power law |
stevenson | (n) Scottish author (1850-1894), Syn. Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson |
stevenson | (n) United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968), Syn. Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson |
gaskell | (n) English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865), Syn. Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell |
honduras rosewood | (n) Central American tree yielding a valuable dark streaked rosewood, Syn. Dalbergia stevensonii |
maxim | (n) English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916), Syn. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim |