stimulus-response time

noun

The amount of time required for an organism to react to an external stimulus, often without conscious thought.

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Meanings

nounstimulus-response time (countable and uncountable, plural stimulus-response times)

plural stimulus-response times

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe amount of time required for an organism to react to an external stimulus, often without conscious thought.
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