petite perception

noun

A sensation (sight, sound, etc) that is perceived but not registered because it is too insignificant, such as the sound of each raindrop hitting a roof.

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nounpetite perception (plural petite perceptions or petites perceptions)

plural petite perceptions · plural petites perceptions

  1. human sciencesA sensation (sight, sound, etc) that is perceived but not registered because it is too insignificant, such as the sound of each raindrop hitting a roof.

    Petite perceptions, though insensible, have an overall effect.

    2013, D.A. Anapolitanos, Leibniz: Representation, Continuity and the Spatiotemporal
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