perceptum
(pəˈsɛptʌm)
Pl. percepta.
[L. perceptum (a thing) perceived, neut. of pa. pple. of percipĕre to perceive.]
= percept 1.
| 1887 S. H. Hodgson Let. 10 Dec. in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. of W. James (1935) II. 82 An immediate perception of spatial extension as part..of the visual perceptum. 1913 Mind XXII. 14 To instinctive action there corresponded a perceptum or percept which was its object. 1920 S. Alexander Space, Time & Deity II. 92 The perceived object or thing, the perceptum, is a contemplated synthesis. 1929 A. N. Whitehead Process & Reality 22 When science deals with emotions, the emotions in question are percepta. 1936 W. F. R. Hardie Study in Plato ii. 12 Plainly its plausibility will depend on what characteristics of percepta are held to preclude their being known. |