Defn: A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.
PERCEPT
Per"cept, n. Etym: [From L. percipere, perceptum.]
Defn: That which is perceived. Sir W. Hamilton. The modern discussion between percept and concept, the one sensuous, the other intellectual. Max Müller.
PERCEPTIBILITY
Per*cep`ti*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. perceptibilité.]
1. The quality or state of being perceptible; as, the perceptibility of light or color.
2. Perception. [R.] Dr. H. More.
PERCEPTIBLE
Per*cep"ti*ble, a. Etym: [L. perceptibilis: cf. F. perceptible. See
Perceive.]
Defn: Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible;
perceivable.
With a perceptible blast of the air. Bacon.
— Per*cep"ti*ble*ness, n.
— Per*cep"ti*bly, adv.
PERCEPTION
Per*cep"tion, n. Etym: [L. perceptio: cf. F. perception. See
Perceive.]
1. The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.