percept

percept /per·cept/ (per´sept?) the object perceived; the mental image of an object in space perceived by the senses.

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per·cept (pûrspt)

n.

1. The object of perception.

2. A mental impression of something perceived by the senses, viewed as the basic component in the formation of concepts.

3. In clinical psychology, a single unit of perceptual report, such as one of the responses to an inkblot in the Rorschach test.