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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The interval of time between application of a stimulus and detection of a response.
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- noun The
interval between the reception of astimulus and the initiation of aresponse
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- noun the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
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