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flicker discrimination

the ability to perceive a change in brightness of a light source. The ability varies with the frequency of alternating changes in brightness until critical flicker frequency is reached, when the observer sees an apparently steady level of brightness.

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morphophilia

morphophilia

n. interest in sexual partners whose body characteristics (e.g., height, weight, skin and hair color) are different from one’s own.