an idea or conclusion having general application | (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance |
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background |
(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus | (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus |
the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances | (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex |
| a column of light (as from a beacon) |
| the condition of being exposed to radiation |