dominance aggression

a form of aggression in nonhuman animals that involves one individual maintaining a higher status over another through threats or actual attacks. See animal dominance.

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January 20th 2025

achromatic interval

in vision, the interval of light intensity between the amount required for detection of a monochromatic stimulus and the amount required to perceive the color of the stimulus.