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Noun: power law
  1. (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity
    - Stevens' law, Stevens' power law

Derived forms: power laws

Type of: law, law of nature

Encyclopedia: Power law

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